Brown-Séquard

Brown-Séquard: a visionary of science

MICHAEL J. AMINOFF, Brown-Sequard: a visionary of science, New York, Raven Press, 1993, pp. xii, 211, illus., $85.00 (0-88167-956-9). If there is a direct relation between the fame or notoriety of an individual and the number of biographies of him, then the case of Charles l8douard Brown-Sequard (1817-1894) is a paradox. He was one of the most outstanding medical scientists of the second half o...

Intramedullary spinal cord neurocysticercosis presenting as Brown-Séquard syndrome

BACKGROUND Cysticercosis is a parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of Taenia Solium. Involvement of the central nervous system by this tapeworm is endemic in developing countries. However, isolated spinal involvement by Taenia Solium is uncommon and having clinical presentation of Brown-Séquard syndrome is even rarer. CASE PRESENTATION A 43-year-old male who came to the emergency depa...

Cervical spinal epidural hematoma with acute Brown-Séquard presentation.

1. Berenstein A, Lasjaunias P. Endovascular Treatment of Spine and Spinal Cord Lesions. In: Berenstein A, Lasjaunias P. Surgical Neuroangiography,Volume 5. Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer-Verlag; 1992. p. 4. 2. Creager MA, Dzau VJ. Vascular disease of the extremities. In: Eugene B, Stephen L, editors. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. 15th edn. New York: McGrawHill Medical Publis...

Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard, the biography of a tormented genius.

Brown-Séquard Syndrome Caused by a Cervical Synovial Cyst

Synovial cysts are recognized as an uncommon cause of radicular and myelopathic symptoms. They are most frequently found in the lumbar region. The cervical spine or cervicothoracic junction is a rare location for a degenerative intraspinal synovial cyst as compared with the lumbar spine. At given cervical spinal levels, synovial cysts probably share clinical features with disc herniation and st...