Cervical Disc Herniation Producing Acute Brown-Sequard Syndrome
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
;
: 312-314, 2009.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
Brown-Sequard syndrome may be the result of penetrating injury to the spine, but many other etiologies have been described. This syndrome is most commonly seen with spinal trauma and extramedullary spinal neoplasm. A herniated cervical disc has been rarely reported as a cause of this syndrome. We present a case of a 28-year-old male patient diagnosed as large C3-C4 disc herniation with spinal cord compression. He presented with left hemiparesis and diminished sensation to pain and temperature in the right side below the C4 dermatome. Microdiscectomy and anterior cervical fusion with carbon fiber cage containing a core of granulated coralline hydroxyapatite was performed. After the surgery, rapid improvement of the neurologic deficits was noticed. We present a case of cervical disc herniation producing acute Brown-Sequard syndrome with review of pertinent literature.
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Main subject:
Paresis
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Sensation
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Spinal Cord Compression
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Spinal Neoplasms
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Spine
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Carbon
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Ceramics
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Durapatite
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Brown-Sequard Syndrome
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Hydroxyapatites
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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