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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2011
Case ReportsPneumocephalus 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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