Preferred Name

Lateral Medullary Syndrome [Disease/Finding]

Synonyms

Wallenberg's Syndrome

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000003150

altLabel

Wallenberg's Syndrome

Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Syndrome

Dorsolateral Medullary Syndrome

Lateral Medullary Syndrome

Vieseaux-Wallenberg Syndrome

Wallenberg Syndrome

Lateral Bulbar Syndrome

cui

C0043019

MESH DEFINITION

INFARCTION of the dorsolateral aspect of MEDULLA OBLONGATA in the BRAIN STEM. It is caused by occlusion of the VERTEBRAL ARTERY and/or the posterior inferior cerebellar artery. Clinical manifestations vary with the size of infarction, but may include loss of pain and temperature sensation in the ipsilateral face and contralateral body below the chin; ipsilateral HORNER SYNDROME; ipsilateral ATAXIA; DYSARTHRIA; VERTIGO; nausea, hiccup; dysphagia; and VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p801)

MESH DUI

D014854

MeSH name

Lateral Medullary Syndrome

MESH UI

M0022866

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000003150

NUI

N0000003150

prefLabel

Lateral Medullary Syndrome [Disease/Finding]

SNOMED CID

78569004

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000004162

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