Spontaneous Healing of Brown-Sequard Syndrome Caused by Cervical Disc Herniation

6 pages•Published: October 26, 2019

Xiaoyun Liu, Hongzhi Hu, Zhengwu Shao and Mao Xie

Abstract

Brown-Sequard syndrome (BSS) is most commonly seen in patients with spinal trauma and extramedullary spinal neoplasm. Pure BSS caused by cervical disc herniation is extremely rare. Operative treatment is generally recommended those patients with BSS to improve neurological function. Here, we report a rare case of spontaneous healing of BSS caused by cervical disc herniation. Two years follow-up showed complete disappearance of symptoms without recurrence. To our knowledge, no similar cases have been reported before. Therefore, for appropriate patients, conservative treatment can be considered for a few months before deciding on surgical treatment.

Keyphrases: brown sequard syndrome, cervical disc herniation, healing, spontaneous

In: Patrick Meere and Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena (editors). CAOS 2019. The 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, vol 3, pages 228-233.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/LrfT
	https://doi.org/10.29007/4srb

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{CAOS2019:Spontaneous_Healing_Brown_Sequard,
  author    = {Xiaoyun Liu and Hongzhi Hu and Zhengwu Shao and Mao Xie},
  title     = {Spontaneous Healing of Brown-Sequard Syndrome Caused by Cervical Disc Herniation},
  booktitle = {CAOS 2019. The 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery},
  editor    = {Patrick Meere and Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Health Sciences},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-5305},
  url       = {/publications/paper/LrfT},
  doi       = {10.29007/4srb},
  pages     = {228-233},
  year      = {2019}}

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