title: Isolated medial medullary infarction due to vertebral artery dissection.
abstract: A 54-year-old man developed left hemiparesis and tactile and deep sensory disturbance following onset of rightside cervical pain. These symptoms resulted from an isolated infarct in the right medial area of the upper medulla oblongata and intracranial vertebral artery (VA) dissection. Atherosclerotic disease of the VA is the most common cause of medial medullary infarction. In past reports of isolated medial medullary infarction, only a few cases involved VA dissection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, National Hospital Kyusha Cardiovascular Center, 8-1 Shiroyamacho, Kagoshima 892-0853, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wakita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kasuya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osame
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020526:Brain Stem Infarctions / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants