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Lateral medullary syndrome after neck injury

Section of Neurology (Drs. Levy, Dugan, and Bernat), and the Department of Radiology (Dr. Keating), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH.

Several reported cases of brainstem stroke followed neck manipulation or trauma. We describe a 28-year-old man who had a lateral medullary syndrome after cervical hyperextension in an automobile accident. Angiography revealed complete occlusion of the left vertebral artery.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Levy, Section of Neurology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH 03755.

Accepted for publication September 21, 1979.

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