You Are on the Scene of a Domestic Assault in Which

Multiple Choice

You are on the scene of a domestic assault in which the female victim defended herself against further attack by stabbing her attacker. Your patient is a 36-year-old man who has been stabbed in the posterior thorax about 1 centimeter to the right of the spinous process of T6. Your assessment reveals loss of motor and sensory function on the right side distal to T6 but intact motor function with some loss of sensation on the left side distal to T6. Which of the following best explains this patient's presentation?

A) "Pseudoneurologic" deficit to avoid being arrested
B) Brown-Séquard syndrome
C) Central cord syndrome
D) Autonomic hyperreflexia