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Synonyms of Brown Sequard Syndrome
- BSS
- Hemiparaplegic Syndrome
- Hemisection of the Spinal Cord
- Partial Spinal Sensory Syndrome
- Spastic Spinal Monoplegia Syndrome
Disorder Subdivisions
General Discussion
Brown-Sequard syndrome is a rare spinal disorder that results from an injury to one side of the spinal cord in which the spinal cord is damaged but is not severed completely. It is usually caused by an injury to the spine in the region of the neck or back. In many cases, affected individuals have received some type of puncture wound in the neck or in the back that damages the spine and causes symptoms to appear.
Characteristically, the affected person loses the sense of touch, vibrations and/or position in three dimensions below the level of the injury (hemiparalysis or asymmetric paresis). The sensory loss is particularly strong on the same side (ipsilateral) as the injury to the spine. These sensations are accompanied by a loss of the sense of pain and of temperature (hypalgesia) on the side of the body opposite (contralateral) to the side at which the injury was sustained.
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Organizations related to Brown Sequard Syndrome
- American Spinal Injury Association
2020 Peachtree Road, NW
Atlanta GA 30309
Phone #: 404-355-9772
800 #: --
e-mail: ASIA_Office@shepherd.org
Home page: http://www.asia-spinalinjury.org/
- Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center
PO Box 8126
Gaithersburg MD 20898-8126
Phone #: 301-251-4925
800 #: 888-205-2311
e-mail: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/EmailForm.aspx
Home page: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda MD 20824
Phone #: 301-496-5751
800 #: 800-352-9424
e-mail: me20t@nih.gov
Home page: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Spinal Cord Injury Association
6701 Democracy
Suite 300-9
Bethesda MD 20817
Phone #: 301-214-4006
800 #: 800-962-9629
e-mail: info@spinalcord.org
Home page: http://www.spinalcord.org
- Spinal Cord Injury Network International
3911 Princeton Drive
Santa Rosa CA 95405-7013
Phone #: 707-577-8796
800 #: 800-548-2673
e-mail: contact@spinalcordinjury.org
Home page: http://www.spinalcordinjury.org
- Spinal Cord Society
19051 County Hwy. 1
Fergus Falls MN 56537-7609
Phone #: 218-739-5252
800 #: --
e-mail: scs-nc@nc.rr.com
Home page: http://www.spinalcordsociety.com
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