Lateral Medullary Syndrome, Case Report

Burcu Tanay Demirdoven and Erk

Abstract

Lateral medullary syndrome (LMS), known as Wallenberg’s syndrome and posterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome, is a rare cause of stroke. Variability of presentation is cause of underdiagnose for LMS. In our case, 61-year-old male, non-diabetic, hypertensive presented with sudden onset of headache and ataxia of the gait. After clinical and radiological evaluation, he was diagnosed as LMS

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