A patient has the ability to stand with open eyes but falls with closed eyes. A lesion of which pathway is likely responsible for this symptom?
Posterior column syndrome(lesion in dorsal coloumn of spinal cord) results in a sensory deficit known as sensory dystaxia or Romberg sign. Romberg +ve when pt. are able to stand with the eyes open but fall with the eyes closed.
Anterior spinocerebellar tract
Anterior spinothalamic tract
Lateral spinothalamic tract
Posterior column syndrome
Spinal cord, its lesions and ANS