Neurodegenerative Diseases USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 27 year old man is stabbed in the right side of the back during an assault. After stabilization, neurologic examination shows spastic weakness and loss of vibration and position sense in the right leg below the umbilicus, with loss of pain and temperature sensation in the left leg beginning several segments below the lesion. Which spinal cord syndrome best explains these findings?
Answer choices
- AAnterior cord syndrome
- BPosterior cord syndrome
- CCentral cord syndrome
- DBrown Sequard syndromeCorrect answer
- ETabes dorsalis
- FConus medullaris syndrome
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