Vázquez EG, Nader KJ

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 212-214
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ABSTRACT

A 31 year old male with a classic Wallenberg's Syndrome is presented. This patient was seen at emergency room presenting sensorial (vertigo), sympathic (nausea and vomit), pyramidal (hemiparesia) and cranial nerve affection (V, VII, IX, X and XI) caused by a vertebral artery dissection. Low molecular weight heparins and coumadin were employed for management. This entity it’s perhaps the most known kind of syndromes that are caused by ischemic lesions that affect the brain stem and its going to be shortly commented in this article.

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