Starch-iodine test: a diagnostic tool for Horner syndrome

BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Sep 10;13(9):e238541. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238541.

Authors

Luís Ribeiro¹, Raquel Rocha^{2

3}, João Martins^{1

4}, Ana Monteiro^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Neurology Department, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal.
² Neurology Department, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal rmrocha84@gmail.com.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ MedicilLisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

No abstract available

Keywords: cranial nerves; neurology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Cutaneous
Female
Horner Syndrome / complications
Horner Syndrome / diagnosis*
Horner Syndrome / physiopathology
Humans
Hyperhidrosis / diagnosis*
Hyperhidrosis / etiology
Hyperhidrosis / physiopathology
Hypohidrosis / diagnosis*
Hypohidrosis / etiology
Hypohidrosis / physiopathology
Iodine
Middle Aged
Starch
Sweating / physiology*

Substances

Starch
Iodine