title: High cervical disc herniation and Brown-Sequard syndrome. A case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We describe a rare herniation of the disc at the C2/C3 level in a 73-year-old woman. It caused hemicompression of the spinal cord and led to the Brown-Sequard syndrome. The condition was diagnosed clinically and by MRI six months after onset. Discectomy and fusion gave complete neurological resolution.
authors.affiliation: Spine Surgery Department, Hospital de Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Antich
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Sanjuan
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Girvent
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Simó
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018437:Brown-Sequard Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D017586:Diskectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery