TY - JOUR T1 - Unexpected sudden death after lateral medullary infarction JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 137 LP - 137 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.70.1.137 VL - 70 IS - 1 AU - J H JASTER Y1 - 2001/01/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/70/1/137.1.abstract N2 - I read with interest the study of Fitzek et al,1 which included 15 patients with lower brain stem infarction. One patient with a “complete Wallenberg's syndrome” (No 15) died during the period of observation. Details on that patient's death are not included in the paper.Through personal communication with the authors I have learned that their patient No 15, a 69 year old … ER -