title: Medial medullary infarction with central sparing.
abstract: A 35-year-old woman had cardiac arrest requiring treatment with a left ventricular assist device. After regaining consciousness, examination revealed upbeating nystagmus, otherwise normal bulbar function, left arm dysmetria, and numbness periorally and in areas she described as "a turtleneck of numbness with a T-shirt of sensation" (figure 1).
authors.affiliation: From Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Davis C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Ryman
authors.forename: Yo-El S
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Ju
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology*