title: Lateral medullary infarct/Wallenberg syndrome--Jamaica.
abstract: We describe two cases of lateral medullary syndrome at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. This diagnosis is often missed and not well understood, so we will discuss the underlying pathophysiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of the West Indies, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McGhie
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alfred
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Gilbert
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D014854:Lateral Medullary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged