A Case of Brown-Sequard Syndrome Due to Cervical Disc Herniation

Abstract

Brown-Sequard syndrome is an incomplete, hemisection of the spinal cord injury characterized by ipsilateral motor weakness and loss of pain and temperature sensation on the opposite side below the lesion level. Cervical disc herniation is an exceptional cause of this syndrome. The importance of early diagnosis in this disease is that by early surgical intervention the prognositic outcomes are better than the other etiologic reasons. We aim to present a case of patient diagnosed as C5-C6 herniated cervical disc resulting in Brown-Sequard syndrome who had clinical improvement after surgical intervention.