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A 63 year old male is admitted with acute onset unsteadiness of gait, dizziness and dysphagia. Examination revealed a right-sided Horner's syndrome, nystagmus, loss of pain and temperature sensation on the left side of the trunk and in the left arm and leg, and gait ataxia
What is the most likely diagnosis?
1) Leaking posterior communicating artery aneurysm.
2) Left sided acoustic neuroma.
3) Posterior inferior cerebellar artery occlusion.
4) Right sided pontine infarct.
5) Spontaneous left sided cerebellar haemorrhage.
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| mytime
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HAaaaaa! 2. sorry not possible we are talking about the wrong side then it's probably
PICA. and since sudden probably an ooclusion.
Edited by mytime on 04/05/07 - 06:38 PM
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| Aashi
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3) Posterior inferior cerebellar artery occlusion.--->Wallenbergs syndrome
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This is Wallenberg's syndrome/ lateral medullary syndrome and is due to occlusion of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
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