• Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2011

    Case Reports

    Pneumocephalus and Brown-Sequard syndrome caused by a stab wound to the back.

    • Paul Musker and Ginette Musker.
    • Emergency Department, Rotorua Hospital, Rotorua, New Zealand. sabrebadger@hotmail.com
    • Emerg Med Australas. 2011 Apr 1; 23 (2): 217-9.

    AbstractThis report describes a case of Brown-Sequard syndrome in a man who presented to the ED after a stabbing to the left scapula region. The incidental finding of pneumocephalus found on CT scan during workup lead to cervical MRI that revealed the spinal cord pathology associated with Brown-Sequard syndrome.© 2011 The Authors. EMA © 2011 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine.

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