title: [Brown-Séquard syndrome caused by a spinal cord infarction].
abstract: A 77-year old woman presented a Brown-Séquard syndrome of sudden onset at level C4, and a few days later a tetraplegia. Postmortem findings demonstrated, at C3-C4, a left spinal cord infarct accounting for the Brown-Séquard syndrome, and a second C5-C6 bilateral infarct responsible for the tetraplegia. Alternating distribution of sulcal arteries explains the limitation of the first lesion to one half of the spinal cord.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Syndrome de Brown-Séquard dû a un infarctus spinal.