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Medicine C.N.S c7259585

A patient has preserved light touch and absent pain and temperature over the left upper limb. This pattern of sensory loss is called-

A
Stock and glove type
B
Segmental type
C
Dissociated type
D
Mononeuritis type
High-Yield Explanation
Dissociated sensory loss describes the loss of pain and temperature sensation resulting from involvement of the crossing of spinothalamic second-order neurons, with sparing of dorsal column function. Worsening spasticity is attributable to increasing involvement of the descending coicospinal tracts Ref Harrison20th edition pg 2236

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