Partial Brown-Séquard syndrome due to presumed fibrocartilaginous embolism

Acta Neurol Belg. 2015 Dec;115(4):713-4. doi: 10.1007/s13760-015-0442-z. Epub 2015 Feb 27.

Authors

Josef G Heckmann¹, Stefan Ernst²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Municipal Hospital Landshut, Robert-Koch Str. 1, 84034, Landshut, Germany. josef.heckmann@klinikum-landshut.de.
² Department of Radiology, Municipal Hospital Landshut, Landshut, Germany.

PMID: 25715750
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-015-0442-z

No abstract available

Keywords: Brown-Séquard syndrome; Fibrocartilaginous embolism; Myelopathy; Spinal cord ischemia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brown-Sequard Syndrome / etiology*
Cartilage Diseases / complications*
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Embolism / complications*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Spinal Cord / pathology

Supplementary concepts

Fibrocartilaginous embolism