A Case of Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Associated with Brown Sequard Syndrome After Cervical Blunt Trauma with Atlanto-Axial Rotatory Subluxation in a Paediatric Patient
Abstract:Background and aim: Brown Sequard Syndrome (BSS) is a rare clinical presentation of incomplete spinal cord injury and even rarer caused by blunt trauma in the paediatric population. We presented a case of a paediatric patient with high cervical spinal cord injury due to blunt trauma resulting in atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation (AARS). Methods: A 10-year-old boy acquired SCI AIS D and neurological level of C4 due to AARS Fielding 1 secondary to blunt trauma. He had right extremities weakness with the majority… Show more
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