J Korean Neurol Assoc.  1993 Sep;11(3):459-461.

One case of Medial Medullary Syndrome

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  • 1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Choong Ang University, Korea.

Abstract

Medial medullary syndrome is a clinical disorder charactenzed by ipsilateral paralysis of tongue and contralateral hemiparalysis and contralateral hemisensory disturbance of vibration or position but face sparing. The syndrome is ususlly due to lesion of medial medulla oblongata. Involved structures are pyramid, hypoglossal nucleus, medial lemniscus and/or medial longitudinal fasciculus. We present 1 case of medial medullary syndrome with MRI finding, which showed infarction of left medial medulla oblongata.


MeSH Terms

Infarction
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medulla Oblongata
Paralysis
Tongue
Vibration
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