The following are components of Brown Sequard syndrom, EXCEPT:
Correct Answer: Contralateral posterior column involvement
Description: Brown Sequard syndrome is associated with ipsilateral loss of joint position and vibratory sense (posterior column involvement), ipsilateral weakness (coicospinal tract involvement), contralateral loss of pain and temperature sense (spinothalamic tract involvement one or two levels below the lesion), spastic leg with brisk reflexes and extensor plantar response. Ref: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition, Page 2440 & 2441; Differential Diagnosis in Neurology and Neurosurgery: A Clinician's Pocket Guide, S. A. Tsementzis, Page 206.
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