Wallenberg/Lateral Medullary Syndrome - A Case Report

Abstract

Wallenberg syndrome or lateral medullary syndrome is due to acute stroke affecting the lateral medulla, most commonly due to the occlusion of the intracranial portion of the vertebral artery or the posterior inferior cerebellar artery. The infarcted segment is the lateral medulla, posterior to the inferior olivary nucleus. Even though it was first described in the year 1808 by Gaspard Vieusseux, a more detailed and vivid description of the disease was given by Adolf Wallenberg, in the year 1895.