title: Wallenberg Syndrome following neck cracking: a case report.
abstract: Cracking the neck is an age-old practice in contravention of its dangerous affects. One of these affects is Brain stem strokes and in this report we describe a patient with Wallenberg syndrome due to neck cracking who is the one of the rare cases in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey. eylemteke@yahoo.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Değirmenci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ipek
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kiroğlu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oğuzhanoğlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D014854:Lateral Medullary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020393:Manipulation, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis