A 27 year old man is stabbed in the right side of the back during an assault. After stabilization, neurologic examination shows spastic weakness and loss of vibration and position sense in the right leg below the umbilicus, with loss of pain and temperature sensation in the left leg beginning several segments below the lesion. Which spinal cord syndrome best explains these findings?
- A)Anterior cord syndrome
- B)Posterior cord syndrome
- C)Central cord syndrome
- D)Brown Sequard syndromeGABARITO
- E)Tabes dorsalis
Explicação
Brown Sequard syndrome is correct. Hemisection of the spinal cord causes ipsilateral corticospinal tract and dorsal column deficits below the lesion with contralateral spinothalamic loss beginning a few levels lower after crossing in the anterior white commiss... Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →