Wallenberg’s Syndrome

목차

1. Definition
2. Cause
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Prognosis

본문내용

Definition
• Wallenberg’s syndrome is a neurological condition caused by a stroke in the intracranial vertebral artery or posterior inferior cerebellar artery(PICA) of the brain stem.

Cause
• Occlusion of the PICA .
• Occlusion of one of its branches or of the intracranial vertebral artery.
• Spontaneous dissections of the vertebral arteries.
• 기타 : Cocaine abuse, medullary neoplasms, radionecrosis, hematoma(secondary to rupture of a vascular malformation), neck manipulation, trauma, bullet injury to vertebral artery, and posterior spinal fusion surgery.

참고 자료

http://internalmedicinemrcp.blogspot.com/2008/11/wallenberg-syndrome.html