Unilateral Dorsolateral Medullary Hemorrhage Presenting with Severe Dysphagia

Unilateral Dorsolateral Medullary Hemorrhage Presenting with Severe Dysphagia

We report an 87-year-old woman with right dorsolateral medullary hemorrhage. She did not show all of the usual symptoms of Wallenberg syndrome and her main symptom was severe dysphagia. Dorsolateral medullary hemorrhage may be overlooked, because it is rare and does not exhibit the typical Wallenber...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in neurology 2020-11, Vol.12 (3), p.460-465
Hauptverfasser: Yoshii, Fumihito, Matsushita, Reiko, Takahashi, Wakoh
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Sprache:eng
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Aneurysms
Ataxia
Cardiomyopathy
Case reports
Consciousness
Dysphagia
Edema
Hemorrhage
Medical imaging
medullary hemorrhage
Patients
Single Case – General Neurology
Single Case − General Neurology
Veins & arteries
wallenberg syndrome
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Zusammenfassung:We report an 87-year-old woman with right dorsolateral medullary hemorrhage. She did not show all of the usual symptoms of Wallenberg syndrome and her main symptom was severe dysphagia. Dorsolateral medullary hemorrhage may be overlooked, because it is rare and does not exhibit the typical Wallenberg syndrome presentation usually seen in patients with infarction at the dorsolateral medulla.
ISSN:1662-680X
1662-680X
DOI:10.1159/000510574