A Rare Variant of Wallenberg’s Syndrome: Opalski syndrome
Published: July 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4626
Parathan KK, Kannan R, Chitrambalam P, Senthil Kumar Aiyappan, Deepthi N
1. Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital,
Saveetha University, Saveetha Nagar, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
2. Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha University, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
3. Professor, Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha University, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
4. Associate Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha University,
Thandalam, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
5. Junior Resident, Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Saveetha University, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Kannan R,
Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital,
Saveetha University, Saveetha Nagar, Thandalam, Chennai – 602 105, Tamilnadu, India.
Phone: 9710071284, E-mail: endork@yahoo.com
Lateral Medullary Syndrome (LMS) is a well-documented vascular syndrome of the posterior circulation territory. This syndrome is easily localised because of characteristic presentation, unique territory of blood supply and very small area of involvement. We present a case of Wallenberg’s syndrome which did not have all the classical components of the syndrome, like Horner’s syndrome. Opalski syndrome is a rare variant of Wallenberg syndrome, where lateral medullary syndrome is associated with ipsilateral hemiparesis. This case report highlights how differential involvement of the lateral part of medulla can result in varied presentation.
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