[Bilateral medial bulbar infarct related to dolichoectasia of the vertebral artery].
METHODS
A 58-year-old hypertensive man presented with the sudden onset of quadriplegia and inability to protrude the tongue. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a bilateral medial medullary infarction associated with an abnormally dilated and partially occluded vertebral artery.


CONCLUSIONS
This is the first clinicoradiological report of a bilateral medial medullary infarction related to vertebral artery dolichoectasia.
Departamento de Neurología, Hospital Luis Vernaza, Guayaquil, Ecuador. odbrutto@telconet.net
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D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology*
Infarto bulbar medial bilateral relacionado con dolicoectasia de la arteria vertebral.