Severe Unilateral Proprioceptive Loss in Medullary-rostral Spinal Cord Infarction. A Posterior Spinal Artery Syndrome
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Proprioceptive loss
Spinal cord infarction
Posterior spinal artery syndrome Resumen—

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Severe Unilateral Proprioceptive Loss in Medullary-rostral Spinal Cord Infarction. A Posterior Spinal Artery Syndrome. (2020). Ictus, 1(1), e01092001008. https://ictuslatam.medicinaclinica.org/index.php/ictus/article/view/316

Abstract

Introduction. The symptoms and signs found in patients with lateral medullary infarction have been described for more than 200 years. The major symptoms are vestibulo-cerebellar and dysphagia and dysphonia attributable to structures innervated by the ambiguous nucleus. Sensory symptoms and signs are often present in the ipsilateral face and contralateral limbs and trunk and sometimes the face. Case Report. A 29 year old woman had headache and left neck pain during weeks. Her left side suddenly became “completely dead and lacked feeling.†She saw double and was dizzy. Her right side remained normal. MRI showed infarction in the left lateral caudal medulla extending into the medulla-spinal junction. Vascular imaging showed a dissection of the left vertebral artery . Second case is A retired man with his neurological symptoms and signs developed in steps. He first noticed while shaving that his left face was numb, A week later, while showering, he became unsteady and had discomfort behind his left ear and in his left neck. MRI showed an infarct limited to the caudo-medial portion of the left dorsolateral medulla that extended into the rostral spinal cord. Discussion. Loss of position sense in the limbs ipsilateral to a medullary infarct has only rarely been reported. Lesions of the vertebral artery just above or below dural penetration are most likely to cause medullary infarcts that are tegmental rather than basal and to cause rostral spinal cord infarction. This region of the vertebral artery is rarely affected by atherosclerosis and the commonest lesion is dissection.

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