Bilateral latero-pontine infarction: a rare syndrome, an unusual imaging.
The authors present one case of bilateral infarction of the brain stem, in the territory of the antero-inferior cerebellar artery. Besides the fact that such bilateral ischaemic lesions are rare, the initial clinical presentation mimicking a vestibular neuronitis indicates that this latero-pontine syndrome may appear as a peripheral disorder. It also reminds clinicians that careful and repeated examinations should always be performed in all patients suffering from vertigo. An unusual iconography is also presented.
Wiorowski
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Hautepierre Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, 1, av molière, F-67000 Strasbourg, France. marc.wiorowski@chru-strasbourg.fr
Perrot
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Chambres
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Debry
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Gentine
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D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology