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Heliyon
August 2024
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Anterior spinal artery occlusion resulting in bilateral medial medullary infarction (bMMI) and anterior spinal artery syndrome (ASAS) simultaneously has been rarely described. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of such occurrence during pregnancy. A 23-year-old preeclamptic parturient at 37 weeks underwent an emergent cesarean section after developing gradual neurological deficits.
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October 2023
Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Cureus
December 2022
Department of Neurology, Aster Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS), Kozhikode, IND.
Quadriplegia or dysesthesia in all four limbs may be the initial symptom of bilateral medial medullary infarction (MMI), a very rare cerebrovascular accident with a dismal prognosis. Clinical diagnosis of bilateral MMI is still challenging and can be confirmed by diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the early stage. Here, we report the case of a 60-year-old male who presented to the emergency department complaining of numbness in all four limbs.
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May 2020
Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Background: The etiologic determinants of cryptogenic stroke remain a diagnostic challenge in clinical practice. Fabry disease (FD) is one of the monogenic causes of stroke that may remain unrecognized as a potential contributing causative factor, because of its rarity and difficulty in diagnosis. We report a case with rare bilateral medial medullary infarction manifesting as "heart appearance" who was diagnosed with FD.
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