Lateral medullary syndrome: clinicao-radiological correlation

ABSTRACT

Lateral Medullary syndrome is not a very common disorder and remains undiagnosed at times. It is commonly caused by occlusion of the cranial segment of the vertebral artery or the posterior inferior cerebellar artery. The usual symptoms of this syndrome include vertigo, dizziness, nystagmus, ataxia, nausea and vomiting, dysphagia, hoarseness, hiccups, impaired sensation over half the face, impairment of pain and thermal sensation over the contralateral hemibody and limbs and the ipsilateral face, and Horner's syndrome. Four cases of lateral medullary syndrome are reported who were diagnosed on clinical basis and later on confirmed by MRI. Our objective is to correlate clinical and radiologic findings in patients with lateral medullary syndrome