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Dorsolateral Medullary Infarct, transverse section.

Last updated on Thursday, April 9 2009 by gliageek

Dorsolateral Medullary Infarct, transverse section.

Dorsolateral Medullary Infarction occurrs secondary to occlusion of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery branch entering the brainstem, and is responsible for producing the Wallenberg syndrome.

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Dorsolateral Medullary Infarct, transverse section, shaded
This is a cross-section through the rostral medulla from a person who had a dorsolateral medullary infarction. The infarct is the area shaded in green.

Wallenberg Syndrome MRI
Diffusion-weighted MRI of an infart in the left dorsolateral medulla, consistent with a clinical picture of Wallenberg syndrome. The infarct in this image would be in approximately the same location as the one shown in the pathology image. In the MRI,...

Anatomical Landmarks Labeled
This is a cross-section through the rostral medulla of a person who had a stroke in the dorsolateral medulla. Basic anatomic landmarks are labeled in this image.

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Wallenberg Syndrome 1
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