Clinical Study Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) 2015

Brown-Séquard syndrome: a rare manifestation of decompression sickness.

Tseng WS, Huang NC, Huang WS, Lee HC — Occupational medicine (Oxford, England), 2015

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers reported a rare case of Brown-Séquard syndrome caused by decompression sickness in a 30-year-old diver.

What They Found

They found a 30-year-old man developed left-sided weakness and numbness after 10 repetitive dives to a maximum depth of 15 meters over 205 minutes. This rare presentation of decompression sickness, Brown-Séquard syndrome, has only been reported six other times in the literature.

Canadian Relevance

This study does not have a direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

As a single case report, this study's findings have limited generalizability to a broader patient population.

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Study Details

Study Type	Clinical Study
Category	Neurological
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	26400970
Year Published	2015
Journal	Occupational medicine (Oxford, England)
MeSH Terms	Adult; Brown-Sequard Syndrome; Construction Industry; Decompression Sickness; Diving; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Occupational Diseases; Occupational Exposure; Prognosis; Risk Factors

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