Brown-Sequard syndrome associated with Horner syndrome following cervical disc herniation
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High cervical disc herniation and Brown-Sequard syndrome. A case report and review of the literature.
We describe a rare herniation of the disc at the C2/C3 level in a 73-year-old woman. It caused hemicompression of the spinal cord and led to the Brown-Sequard syndrome. The condition was diagnosed clinically and by MRI six months after onset. Discectomy and fusion gave complete neurological resolution.
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عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Cord Series and Cases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2058-6124
DOI: 10.1038/scsandc.2016.37