Lateral medullary syndrome

"PICA syndrome" redirects here. For the appetite for non-nutritive substances, see Pica (disorder).
Lateral medullary syndrome
Other namesWallenberg syndrome, posterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome
Medulla oblongata, shown by a transverse section passing through the middle of the olive. (Lateral medullary syndrome can affect structures in upper left: #9=vagus nerve, #10=acoustic nucleus, #12=nucleus gracilis, #13=nucleus cuneatus, #14=head of posterior column and lower sensory root of trigeminal nerve and #19=Ligula.)
SpecialtyNeurology 

Lateral medullary syndrome is a neurological disorder causing a range of symptoms due to ischemia in the lateral part of the medulla oblongata in the brainstem. The ischemia is a result of a blockage most commonly in the vertebral artery or the posterior inferior cerebellar artery.[1] Lateral medullary syndrome is also called Wallenberg's syndrome, posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) syndrome and vertebral artery syndrome.[2]

  1. ^ Lui, Forshing; Anilkumar, Arayamparambil C. (2018), "Wallenberg Syndrome", StatPearls, StatPearls Publishing, PMID 29262144, retrieved 2019-03-11
  2. ^ "Wallenberg syndrome | Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) – an NCATS Program". rarediseases.info.nih.gov. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
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