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Neurological picture
A case of bilateral stroke of the medulla oblongata
  1. Adrian Kastler1,
  2. Miguel Ulla1,
  3. Beatrice Claise2,
  4. Frank Durif1
  1. 1Department of Neurology, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Gabriel Montpied Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
  1. Correspondence to Mr A Kastler, Department of Neurology, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, 58 Rue Montalembert, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France; a_kastler{at}chu-clermontferrand.fr

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2009.201467

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    A 64-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and diabetes was admitted to the emergency room with tetraparesis which had slowly progressed over the previous week.

    On examination the patient presented a right-sided dominant tetraparesis, no inferior limb deep tendon jerks and upper limb paraesthesia. No sensory loss, cranial nerve impairment, or weakness of the face or tongue was noted on admission. MRI of the medulla was performed with T1 and T2 weighted sequences because of the possibility of cervical compression myelopathy. This MRI showed no medullary abnormalities except for a narrow spinal canal.

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