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Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Paralysis > Paraplegia > Brown-Sequard Syndrome
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Preferred term

Brown-Sequard Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Brown Sequard Disease
  • Brown-Sequard Disease
  • Brown Sequard's Disease
  • Brown-Sequard's Disease
  • Brown-Sequards Disease
  • Brown Sequard's Syndrome
  • Brown-Sequard's Syndrome
  • Brown-Sequards Syndrome
  • Hemicord Syndrome
  • Hemicord Syndromes
  • Hemiparaplegic Syndrome
  • Hemiparaplegic Syndromes
  • Hemispinal Cord Syndrome
  • Hemispinal Cord Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Brown-Sequard's
  • Syndrome, Hemicord
  • Syndrome, Hemiparaplegic
  • Syndrome, Hemispinal Cord
  • Syndromes, Hemicord
  • Syndromes, Hemiparaplegic
  • Syndromes, Hemispinal Cord

Note

  • do not confuse with flaccid paralysis of the bladder, also called Brown Séquard paralysis; in titles & translations use diacrit: Brown-Sequard

Scope note

  • A syndrome associated with injury to the lateral half of the spinal cord. The condition is characterized by the following clinical features (which are found below the level of the lesion): contralateral hemisensory anesthesia to pain and temperature, ipsilateral loss of propioception, and ipsilateral motor paralysis. Tactile sensation is generally spared. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p162).

History note

  • 1995

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018437

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