title: [Brown-Sequard syndrom complicating a C6 teardrop fracture associate with an occult vertebral artery dissection: case report].
abstract: We report the case of a 27-year-old man, presenting a C6 tear-drop fracture associated to medullar contusion with a Brown-Sequard syndrome. An asymptomatic right vertebral artery dissection in its V2 portion was also discovered by the radiologic investigations. A surgical treatment and antiplatelet therapy were performed. The patient outcome was quite satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurochirurgie, CHU Nord-Amiens, place Victor-Pauchet, 80054 Amiens cedex 1, France. cyrille.capel@orange.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Capel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peltier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nicot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lefranc
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fichten
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desenclos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toussaint
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Le Gars
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018437:Brown-Sequard Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors