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Spinal Cord Lateral Hemisection and Asymmetric Behavioral Assessments in Adult Rats
Published on: March 24, 2020
[Diagnosis of SCIWORA associated with Brown Séquard syndrome in an adolescent]
D A García-Cabra1, D Jerez-Fidencio2
1Facultad de Medicina, Campus Minatitlán, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, México.
Abstract:
SCIWORA (Spinal Cord Injury without Radiologic Abnormality) is a rare condition that mainly affects pediatric patients; We present the case of a teenage male patient diagnosed with SCIWORA/Brown Séquard Syndrome. In admission, he has multiple bruises on his neck and right hemibody and immediately he refers paraesthesia in all four limbs and spastic hemiparesis with right predominance, as well as inability to stand up and urinary continence. Treatment based on NASCIS III study is initiated and after the imaging tests, a diagnosis has already been made. We present the most current definitions of SCIWORA and the recommendations to make its diagnosis, as well as its relationship and coexistence with spinal syndromes.
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