A 58-year-old women developed unilateral facial flushing and sweating on the left side of her face immediately after a right thoracotomy upper lobectomy and paravertebral block. She was diagnosed with Harlequin syndrome in the absence of any other neurological signs or symptoms. She had recovered completely from this episode on follow-up.
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