Case Reports in Orthopedics

Case Report

Cervical Disc Herniation Causing Brown-Séquard's Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Details of the cases reported in the literature.
ReferenceAge(Yr)/SexLevelDurationEDNP+/−LPMDSDRadiationSurgeryRecoveryMRSR
Stookey, 1928 [6]44, MC3-C4NRYes + +NRLAMNR
52, MC5-C6NRYes +NRLAMNR
68, MC6-C7NRYes +NRLAMNR
Düerig and Zdrojewski 1977 [11]52, MC5-C62 MNoThoracic painNoLAMINCC
Roda et al., 1982 [22]43, MC6-C71DNoThoracic painNoLAMINCC
Eisenberg et al., 1986 [12]25, MC5-C64DNo +NoLAMINCINC
Schneider et al., 1988 [20]50, FC5-C61DNo + +NoACDINCINC
Sprick et al., 1991 [21]49, FC6-C710, DNo +NoACDFINCINC
Fineli et al., 1992 [13]28, FC5-C618 MYes +NoACDFNo change
61, MC6-C78 MYes +YesACDCR
46, FC4-C5, C5-C618 MYes +YesACDCR
Kobayashi et al., 2003[15]56, FC4-C55 MYes +NoACDFCR
Antich et al., 1999 [8]73, FC2-C36 MYes +NoACDFCR
Kohno et al., 1999 [17]33, MC4-C51 MYesNRNRACDFCR
31, MC5-C63 MYesNRNRACDFINCINC
38, MC5-C64 MYesNRNRACDFINCINC
34, MC3-C415 MYesNRNRACDFINCINC
45, FC4-C5, C5-C613 MYesNRNRACDFCINC
Börm and Bohnstedt, 2000 [9]40, MC5-C65 WKNo + +YesACDFCR
Clatterbuck et al., 2000 [10]40, MC4-C55 WKNo +YesACDF + LAMINCINC
52, FC3-C42 MNo +NoACDFCR
32, MC5-C69 WKNo +NoACFCR
Iwamura et al., 2001 [16]45, MC6-C715 MNo +NoACFCINC
Kobayashi et al., 2003 [15]64, MC5-C66 MYes +NoACDFCR
39, MC2-C31 MYes +NoACDFCR
Mastronardi and Ruggeri, 2004 [2]36, MC5-C69 MYes +YesACDFCR
Fujimato et al., 2004 [14]54, MC5-C63 MYes +NoLAMINCINC
Song et al, 2005, [23]44, FC5-C66 WKYes +NoACDFCR
Kim et al, 2005, [23]56, MC5-C62 MYes +NoAFCR
46, MC5-C62 WKYes + +YesAFCR
Wang et al, 2006, [23]44, MC3-C445 DYes +NoACDFCR
Sathirapanya et al., 2007 [19]63, MC5-C68 DYes +YesACDFCR
Sayer et al., 2008 [24]46, MC3-C43 MYes + + +NoACDFCR
Choi et al., 2009 [23]31, MC3-C44 MYes +YesACDFCR
66, FC5-C6, C6-C72 MYes + +NoACDFCR
66, MC5-C64 MYes +NoACDFINCINC
46, MC4-C52 DYes + +NoACDFINCINC
50, FC3-C4, C4-C53 MYes + +YesACDFINCINC
Present case42, MC4-C5, C5-C6, C6-C78 MYes + + +NoACDFINCINC
NR: not reported, D: days, M: months, WK: weeks, ED: extradural herniation, NP: neck pain, LP: limb pain, MD: motor deficit, SD: sensory deficit, LAM: laminectomy, CR: complete recovery, MR: motor recovery, SR: sensory recovery, INC: incomplete recovery.