Atypical combination of gastrointestinal and neurological clinical symptoms (Wallenberg syndrome): a clinical case report

Dusan Petrovic, Filip Vitosevic

Abstract


A 57-year-old man was admitted to the Emergency Department of the University Clinical Center of Serbia with symptoms included ataxia (vitiligo), vomiting, dysphagia, left-sided hemiparesis, he-mi-hypesthesia and Horner’s syndrome, right palatal paresis, lower limb weakness, paresthesia on the left side of the body and face, and right central facial palsy. The patient had a history of chronic arterial hypertension, two previous brain ischemic strokes (in 2005. and 2016.), and long-lasting type 2 diabetes mellitus. MRI of the brain was performed.

 


Keywords


Wallenberg syndrome, neuro MRI, atherosclerosis, acute ischemia, gastrointestinal symptoms

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36162/hjr.v9i3.628

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