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Modified Brown-Séquard syndrome following coronary artery bypass graft: case report
M H Gottesman1, I Saraya, F Tenti
1Division of Neurology, Winthrop University Hospital, School of Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Mineola 11501.
Paraplegia
|March 1, 1992
Abstract:
A 75 year old man underwent a triple coronary artery bypass graft performed with intra-aortic balloon pump assistance. Left leg weakness developed on the first postoperative day, progressive worsening occurred over the next 2 1/2 weeks, finally culminating in a modified Brown-Séquard pattern of deficit. No etiology was found. Previous reports of spinal cord injury following coronary artery bypass graft are reviewed and the microcirculation of the spinal cord is discussed.