Brown Sequard Syndrome

Description: type of incomplete cord syndrome:
- injury to either side of spinal cord produces ipsilateral muscle paralysis (from corticospinal tract injury) and contralateral hypersthesia to pain and temperature (from spinothalamic injury);
- syndrome results from hemitransection of spinal cord w/ unilateral damage to the spinothalamic & corticospinal tracts and resultant loss of ipsilateral motor & dorsal column function & of contralateral pain and temperature sensation;
- often due to penetrating trauma or unilateral facet fracture or dislocation;