CLINICAL ASPECT OF SPINAL MOTOR SYSTEM - THE BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME





Brown-Séquard syndrome, also known as Brown-Séquard's

hemiplegia
and Brown-Séquard's

paralysis
, is a loss of sensation and motor function (
paralysis and anesthesia) that is caused by the lateral hemisection

(cutting) of the
spinal

cord
. This may be

seen most often in the cervical (neck) or thoracic spine. Other synonyms are hemiparaplegic syndrome, hemiplegia ethemiparaplegiaspinalis,

and spinal hemiparaplegia
Brown-Séquard syndrome is

characterized by loss of motor function(i.e.

hemiparaplegia), loss of vibration sense and fine touch, loss ofproprioception (position sense), loss

of two-point discrimination, andsigns

of weakness on the ipsilateral (same side) of the spinal injury.





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APA

ODU, P. (2018). CLINICAL ASPECT OF SPINAL MOTOR SYSTEM - THE BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/clinical-aspect-of-spinal-motor-system-the-brown-sequard-syndrome-9668

MLA 8th

ODU, PETER "CLINICAL ASPECT OF SPINAL MOTOR SYSTEM - THE BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME" Afribary. Afribary, 29 Jan. 2018, https://afribary.com/works/clinical-aspect-of-spinal-motor-system-the-brown-sequard-syndrome-9668. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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ODU, PETER . "CLINICAL ASPECT OF SPINAL MOTOR SYSTEM - THE BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME". Afribary, Afribary, 29 Jan. 2018. Web. 23 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/clinical-aspect-of-spinal-motor-system-the-brown-sequard-syndrome-9668 >.

Chicago

ODU, PETER . "CLINICAL ASPECT OF SPINAL MOTOR SYSTEM - THE BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME" Afribary (2018). Accessed April 23, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/clinical-aspect-of-spinal-motor-system-the-brown-sequard-syndrome-9668

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