WALLENBERG SYNDROME

Course overview

WALLENBERG SYNDROME IS ALSO CALLED LATERAL MEDULLARY AND POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY SYNDROME. THIS NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER IS ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS SYMPTOMS THAT RESULT FROM DAMAGE TO THE LATERAL SEGMENT OF THE MEDULLA POSTERIOR TO THE INFERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS. IT IS THE MOST COMMON POSTERIOR CIRCULATION ISCHEMIC STROKE SYNDROME. THIS ACTIVITY EXPLAINS WHEN THIS CONDITION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS, ARTICULATES HOW TO EVALUATE THIS CONDITION, AND HIGHLIGHT THE ROLE OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.