A 29-year-old man is stabbed in the back during an assault. Examination shows loss of vibration and proprioception in the right leg, weakness of the right leg, and loss of pain and temperature sensation in the left leg below the lesion. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
- A)Brown-Sequard syndromeGABARITO
- B)Central cord syndrome
- C)Anterior cord syndrome
- D)Syringomyelia
- E)Subacute combined degeneration
Explicação
Brown-Sequard syndrome is the correct answer because hemisection of the spinal cord causes ipsilateral corticospinal tract and dorsal column deficits with contralateral loss of pain and temperature below the lesion due to spinothalamic tract crossing. Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →