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Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis Presenting as Brown-Séquard Syndrome: A Case Report
INTRODUCTION: Brown-Séquard syndrome is a rare neurological disorder due to hemisection of the spinal cord that can occur from a variety of causes, most commonly trauma. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a 25-year-old woman presenting with Brown-Séquard syndrome as her first clinical presentation of...
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University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9197756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35701343 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2022.2.55317 |
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author | Hoebee, Shelby Howard, Levi Komara, James McElhinny, Megan |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Brown-Séquard syndrome is a rare neurological disorder due to hemisection of the spinal cord that can occur from a variety of causes, most commonly trauma. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a 25-year-old woman presenting with Brown-Séquard syndrome as her first clinical presentation of multiple sclerosis. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the need to have demyelinating disease on the differential as an exceedingly rare, but important, possible cause of Brown-Séquard syndrome. |
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spelling | pubmed-91977562022-06-30 Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis Presenting as Brown-Séquard Syndrome: A Case Report Hoebee, Shelby Howard, Levi Komara, James McElhinny, Megan Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report INTRODUCTION: Brown-Séquard syndrome is a rare neurological disorder due to hemisection of the spinal cord that can occur from a variety of causes, most commonly trauma. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a 25-year-old woman presenting with Brown-Séquard syndrome as her first clinical presentation of multiple sclerosis. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the need to have demyelinating disease on the differential as an exceedingly rare, but important, possible cause of Brown-Séquard syndrome. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2022-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9197756/ /pubmed/35701343 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2022.2.55317 Text en © 2022 Hoebee. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | Case Report Hoebee, Shelby Howard, Levi Komara, James McElhinny, Megan Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis Presenting as Brown-Séquard Syndrome: A Case Report |
title | Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis Presenting as Brown-Séquard Syndrome: A Case Report |
title_full | Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis Presenting as Brown-Séquard Syndrome: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis Presenting as Brown-Séquard Syndrome: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis Presenting as Brown-Séquard Syndrome: A Case Report |
title_short | Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis Presenting as Brown-Séquard Syndrome: A Case Report |
title_sort | newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis presenting as brown-séquard syndrome: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9197756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35701343 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2022.2.55317 |
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