<unk>  may be caused by injury to the spinal cord resulting from a spinal cord tumor, trauma such as a fall or injury from gunshot or puncture to the cervical or thoracic spine, ischemia (obstruction of a blood vessel), or infectious or inflammatory diseases such as tuberculosis, or multiple sclerosis. In its pure form, it is rarely seen. The most common cause is penetrating trauma such as a gunshot wound or stab wound to the spinal cord. Decompression sickness may also be a cause of<unk> . The presentation can be progressive and incomplete. It can advance from a typical<unk>  to complete paralysis. It is not always permanent and progression or resolution depends on the severity of the original spinal cord injury and the underlying pathology that caused it in the first place.
Brown-Séquard syndrome
Occipital horn syndrome
Brown's syndrome
Posterior cord syndrome
Lateral medullary syndrome
Terson syndrome
Central cord syndrome
Medial medullary syndrome