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dc.creatorFajardo, German
dc.creatorOrellana, Sandra
dc.creatorReyes, Karla
dc.creatorHernández, Ariana
dc.creatorÁlvarez, Allan
dc.date2017-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-07T22:50:16Z
dc.date.available2020-10-07T22:50:16Z
dc.identifierhttps://revistas.uautonoma.cl/index.php/ijmss/article/view/117
dc.identifier10.32457/ijmss.2017.007
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/154218
dc.descriptionWallenberg's Syndrome represents 36 % of strokes in the brainstem. It is due to occlusion of the inferior cerebellar artery, affecting structures found in the cerebellum and the lateral part of the medulla oblongata. The main risk factor is atherosclerosis. The case is about a 57-year-old male patient with a history of lacunar infarcts in the cerebellum, type 2 diabetes mellitus, smoking and dyslipidemia. It begins with an intense and sudden occipital headache, without attenuating, concomitantly vertigo, hiccups, nausea, vomiting and paresthesia of lower limbs. At the physical examination, decreased peripheral pulses present Horner's syndrome, hypoesthesia, hypoesthesia in left hemiface, and contralateral hemibody, with ataxia, dysmetria and dysdiadochokinesia. MRI was performed with diffusion with diagnostic Hyperintense image of irregular morphology in the left lateral contour of the medulla oblongata, compatible with ischemic event (Wallenberg syndrome). Antithrombotic treatment and physical therapy was indicated. Patient was evaluated 2 months later showing ample improvement. It is a very specific syndrome, whose clinical manifestation depends on the anatomical region affected and abstracts the clinician from other diagnoses.en-US
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad Autónoma de Chileen-US
dc.relationhttps://revistas.uautonoma.cl/index.php/ijmss/article/view/117/113
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2020 International Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciencesen-US
dc.sourceInternational Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences; Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): March 2017; 1141-1145en-US
dc.sourceInternational Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences; Vol. 4 Núm. 1 (2017): March 2017; 1141-1145es-ES
dc.source0719-532X
dc.source0719-3904
dc.subjectWallenberg syndromeen-US
dc.subjectLateral bulbar syndromeen-US
dc.subjectinferior cerebellar arteryen-US
dc.titleWallenberg Sindrome: A Case Reporten-US
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