Cervical Disc Herniation Causing Brown-Séquard's Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s) -
Tarush Rustagi,
Siddharth A. Badve,
Hemil Maniar,
Aseem N. Parekh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in orthopedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6749
pISSN - 2090-6757
DOI - 10.1155/2011/943720
Subject(s) - corpectomy , medicine , surgery , decompression
Brown-Séquard's syndrome (BSS) is caused by hemisection or hemicompression of the cord leading to ipsilateral motor deficit and contralateral sensory loss. Cervical disc herniation has been reported to be a rare cause of Brown-Séquard's syndrome. We describe a rare case of multilevel cervical disc herniation presenting as BSS. The condition was confirmed by MRI scan. Cervical corpectomy, decompression, and fusion gave a satisfying result. Pertinent literature has been reviewed.
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