Stab injuries to the spinal cord due to knife are rare. Usually the knife slips into
the interlaminar space to injure the cord incompletely. We report a 24-year-old man
who was stabbed by robber in the thoracic region. He presented with the Brown-Séquard
plus syndrome. Knife penetrated the lamina, driving the bony chip into extradural
space injuring the dura and cord. The patient was subjected to laminectomy and duraplasty
with fascial graft. He showed good improvement and has joined his occupation.
Keywords
penetrating spinal cord injury - stab wound - Brown-Séquard plus syndrome
