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Portable Thermographic Screening for Detection of Acute Wallenberg's Syndrome
Published on: September 19, 2019
Dysphagia caused by a lateral medullary infarction syndrome (Wallenberg's syndrome)
Amine El Mekkaoui1, Hanane Irhoudane, Adil Ibrahimi
1Department of gastroenterology, Hassan II university hospital of Fez, Faculty of medicine and pharmacy of Fez - Sidi-Mohammed-Ben-Abdellah University of Fez, Morocco.
Abstract:
A 68-year-old man was referred to our hospital for a dysphagia evolving for 10 days. Clinical examination had found neurological signs as contralateral Horner's syndrome, ipsilateral palatal paresis, gait ataxia and hoarseness. Video-fluoroscopy showed a lack of passage of contrast medium to the distal esophagus. Esogastroduodenoscopy was normal. The cranial MRI had shown an acute ischemic stroke in the left lateral medullar region and the diagnosis of Wallenberg syndrome (WS) was established. WS remains an unknown cause of dysphagia in the clinical practice of the gastroenterologist.
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