BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME

Course overview

BROWN-SÉQUARD SYNDROME IS A NEUROLOGIC SYNDROME RESULTING FROM HEMISECTION OF THE SPINAL CORD. IT MANIFESTS WITH WEAKNESS OR PARALYSIS AND PROPRIOCEPTIVE DEFICITS ON THE SIDE OF THE BODY IPSILATERAL TO THE LESION AND LOSS OF PAIN AND TEMPERATURE SENSATION ON THE CONTRALATERAL SIDE. AS AN INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD SYNDROME, THE CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF BROWN-SÉQUARD SYNDROME VARIES IN SEVERITY. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION, TREATMENT, AND PROGNOSIS OF BROWN-SÉQUARD SYNDROME AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND IMPROVING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.