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LUNA ARNEZ, Juan Carlos; CARDENAS SOLARES, Jorge Adalid; ZEGARRA CONDE, Lucia Daniela  y  CLEMENTE PARI, Rubén Ramiro. BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME AFTER PENETRATING CERVICAL TRAUMA: A CASE REPORT. Rev. Méd. La Paz [online]. 2025, vol.31, n.2, pp.91-94.  Epub 31-Dic-2025. ISSN 1726-8958.

Brown-Séquard syndrome is the set of signs and symptoms caused by spinal hemisection of various origins. This is a 24-year-old male patient, born and resident of the city of La Paz, with no significant pathological or family history; His clinical condition began in March 2022 after suffering an assault with a knife, causing a sharp wound in the left cervical region approximately 3 centimeters long; On physical examination, he presented left brachiocrual hemiparesis (ipsilateral to the injury) with a muscle balance of -3/5 on the Daniels scale in addition to alterations in gross tactile and proprioceptive sensitivity; hypoalgesia, thermal hypoesthesia and fine tactile hypoesthesia in the right hemibody (contralateral to the injury).

Palabras clave : Brown Sequard syndrome; Spinal hemisection; Rehabilitation.

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