Accidental stab wound of the cervical spinal cord from in front.
An unusual case of damage to the cervical spinal cord due to a non-missile penetrating injury through an anterior route in a nine-year-old boy who fell from a bicycle is reported. There was a cerebrospinal fluid leak that lasted for two days. Clinical picture was that of incomplete Brown-Séquard syndrome and flaccid paresis of the extensor muscles of the left elbow and wrist. Treatment was conservative, with a very good functional recovery. To our best knowledge there is no myelographically documented case report of such a lesion in the literature.
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014945:Wound Healing; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*