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Chapter 6 - Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)»Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes (G80-G83)»Brown-Séquard syndrome (G83.81)

G83.81

Brown-Séquard syndrome

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A syndrome associated with injury to the lateral half of the spinal cord. The condition is characterized by the following clinical features (which are found below the level of the lesion): contralateral hemisensory anesthesia to pain and temperature, ipsilateral loss of propioception, and ipsilateral motor paralysis. Tactile sensation is generally spared. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p162).