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Lateral Medulla and Inferior Cerebellar Infarction

An 85 year-old woman presented with vertigo, nausea and vomiting. Examination showed a left sided Horner's syndrome, left facial numbness, left sided ataxia, weakness of the left soft palate, slurred speech, and numbness over the right side of the body.

Show the Territory of the Infarction

Lateral Medullary and Inferior Cerebellar Infarction: Diffusion-weighted MRI of the lower medulla. Note the bright signal in the lateral medulla and inferior cerebellum on the left. The abnormal diffusion weighted image indicates that the lesion is acute.

Revised 11/23/06
Copyrighted 2006. David C Preston