title: [Pseudovascular laterobulbar syndrome secondary to astrocytoma].
abstract: A patient presented with an atypical left lateral medullary syndrome (LMS) mimicking a stroke. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a tumour in the left dorsolateral part of the medulla. Biopsy revealed a grade II astrocytoma. The patient died two weeks after surgery. Nine pathologically verified previous cases of LMS caused by a tumour are reviewed. LMS is invariably atypical because of associated supratentorial or extensive brainstem symptomatology. Onset is usually progressive but stroke-like onset has been occasionally reported. Glial tumours as a cause of LMS are less frequent than metastasis. Successful treatment has been reported in a case of low grade astrocytoma.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, CHU, La Timone, Marseille.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Milandre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lucchini
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murayama-Salamon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Graziani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khalil
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D014854:Lateral Medullary Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Syndrome latérobulbaire pseudovasculaire secondaire à un astrocytome.