Cerebrovascular Disease USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 29-year-old man is stabbed in the back during an assault. Examination shows loss of vibration and proprioception in the right leg, weakness of the right leg, and loss of pain and temperature sensation in the left leg below the lesion. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer choices
- ABrown-Sequard syndromeCorrect answer
- BCentral cord syndrome
- CAnterior cord syndrome
- DSyringomyelia
- ESubacute combined degeneration
- FPosterior cord syndrome
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