A CASE OF SPINAL-CORD DECOMPRESSION-SICKNESS PRESENTING AS PARTIAL BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME

Authors
KIMBRO T TOM T NEUMAN T
Citation
T. Kimbro et al., A CASE OF SPINAL-CORD DECOMPRESSION-SICKNESS PRESENTING AS PARTIAL BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME, Neurology, 48(5), 1997, pp. 1454-1456
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
48
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1454 - 1456
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1997)48:5<1454:ACOSDP>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Type II decompression sickness (DCS) usually manifests as myelopathy; however, there are no reports of Brown-Sequard syndrome in association with diving accidents. We report a 35-year-old man who developed type II DCS presenting as partial Brown-Sequard syndrome. MRI of the thora cic spine revealed two punctate foci of increased signal intensity in the right T6 spinal cord.