"Brown-Sequard Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A syndrome associated with injury to the lateral half of the spinal cord. The condition is characterized by the following clinical features (which are found below the level of the lesion): contralateral hemisensory anesthesia to pain and temperature, ipsilateral loss of propioception, and ipsilateral motor paralysis. Tactile sensation is generally spared. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p162).
| Descriptor ID |
D018437
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.622.669.300 C23.888.592.636.637.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Brown-Sequard Syndrome- Brown-Sequard Syndrome
- Brown Sequard Syndrome
- Syndrome, Brown-Sequard
- Brown-Sequard's Disease
- Brown Sequard's Disease
- Brown-Sequards Disease
- Brown-Sequard's Syndrome
- Brown Sequard's Syndrome
- Brown-Sequards Syndrome
- Syndrome, Brown-Sequard's
- Hemiparaplegic Syndrome
- Hemiparaplegic Syndromes
- Syndrome, Hemiparaplegic
- Syndromes, Hemiparaplegic
- Hemispinal Cord Syndrome
- Hemispinal Cord Syndromes
- Syndrome, Hemispinal Cord
- Syndromes, Hemispinal Cord
- Hemicord Syndrome
- Hemicord Syndromes
- Syndrome, Hemicord
- Syndromes, Hemicord
- Brown-Sequard Disease
- Brown Sequard Disease
Brown-Sequard's Paralysis- Brown-Sequard's Paralysis
- Brown Sequard's Paralysis
- Brown-Sequard Paralysis
- Brown-Sequards Paralysis
- Paralysis, Brown-Sequard's
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brown-Sequard Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Acquired Spinal Arteriovenous Fistula Presenting as Brown-S?quard Syndrome and Endovascular Treatment Outcome. World Neurosurg. 2016 Dec; 96:613.e1-613.e4.
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Progressive Brown-S?quard syndrome: A rare manifestation of cervical disc herniation. J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Jul; 29:196-8.
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Cervical stenosis presenting with acute Brown-S?quard syndrome: case report. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2005 Aug 15; 30(16):E481-3.