title: Progressive Brown-Séquard syndrome: A rare manifestation of cervical disc herniation.
abstract: Brown-Séquard syndrome (BSS) is a rare syndrome and is often described in association with spinal cord injury resulting from hemisection of the spinal cord. BSS due to cervical disc herniation is rare with often delayed diagnosis. The importance of early recognition with imaging cannot be over-emphasized, as the prognosis is better when compared to traumatic and vascular etiologies of BSS. We report a rare case of BBS in an 86-year-old man secondary to cervical disc herniation who had dramatic improvement after surgical intervention. This case highlights the unusual presentation from a very common spinal pathology along with a review of the pertinent literature.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Guilherme B F
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Porto
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W Harrison Street, Suite 855, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Electronic address: lee_tan@rush.edu.
authors.forename: Lee A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W Harrison Street, Suite 855, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Manish K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kasliwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W Harrison Street, Suite 855, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Vincent C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Traynelis
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018437:Brown-Sequard Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male
keywords: Anterior cervical fusion; Brown-Séquard syndrome; Cervical disc herniation; Etiology