WALLENBERG SYNDROME: EXERCISE INDUCED VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION

Intracranial vertebral artery dissection in Wallenberg syndrome.

PURPOSE To assess the prevalence of vertebral artery dissection in Wallenberg syndrome. METHODS Sixteen patients (12 men, 4 women; mean age at ictus, 51.6 years) with symptoms of Wallenberg syndrome and an infarction demonstrated in the lateral medulla on MR were reviewed retrospectively. The study items were as follows: (a) headache as clinical signs, in particular, occipitalgia and/or poste...

Extracranial vertebral artery dissection

Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is not uncommon in the young adult population. Owing to the various clinical manifestations; the diagnosis of VAD mainly depends on imaging examinations. Ultrasound has found an increasingly wide utilization in the diagnosis of VAD because of the continuous improvement in the resolution of ultrasonic instruments and accessibility.We retrospectively collected th...

Extracranial vertebral artery dissection.

Vertebral Artery Dissection

Background and Purpose: In this study we analyzed the value of ultrasound examination for diagnosis of vertebral artery dissection. Methods: The vertebrobasilar arterial system was assessed in 14 patients using transcranial and extracranial pulsed-wave Doppler and duplex sonography. Results: The dissections were verified by angiography (in 1 patient), magnetic resonance imaging (in 5), or both ...

Medial medullary syndrome due to vertebral artery dissection.

A 61 year old woman presented at the emergency ward with a 3 day history of fluctuating vertigo and lateropulsion to the right. Clinical examination showed slurred speech, conjugated right beating horizontal nystagmus in primary gaze that increased on gaze to the right, and a right sided tongue paresis (figure A). In addition, slight motor weakness, decreased joint position, and vibration sense...