Title: Medial Medullary Syndrome Authors: Denise Mourad, Elie Mourad Editors: Omar Al Khatib, Christie Dib, Joseph Akiki Reviewer: Hala Qaryouti Keywords: Medial medullary syndrome, medulla, anterior spinal artery, hemiplegia, MRI Abstract Medial medullary syndrome (MMS) is a stroke syndrome affecting the medial medulla of the brain. It is caused by an atherothrombotic lesion of the paramedian branches of the anterior spinal artery, the vertebral artery, or the basilar artery. The syndrome is a triad of contralateral hemiplegia, contralateral sensory disturbance, and ipsilateral tongue deviation. Diagnosis is clinical and on diffusion-weighted and T2-weighted film MRI. Risk factors are the same as […]
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