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椎骨動脈解離によるWallenberg症候群
須田 智, 大久保 誠二, 阿部 新, 金丸 拓也, 斉藤 智成, 神谷 信雄, 酒巻 雅典, 三品 雅洋, 上田 雅之, 桂 研一郎, 片山 泰朗
日本医科大学大学院医学研究科神経・腎臓・膠原病リウマチ学
日本医科大学内科学（神経・腎臓・膠原病リウマチ部門）
A Case of Wallenberg Syndrome due to Vertebral Artery Dissection
Satoshi Suda, Seiji Okubo, Arata Abe, Takuya Kanamaru, Tomonari Saito, Nobuo Kamiya, Masanori Sakamaki, Masahiro Mishina, Masayuki Ueda, Ken-ichiro Katsura and Yasuo Katayama
Department of Neurological, Nephrological and Rheumatological Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
Divisions of Neurology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School
Vertigo and nausea suddenly developed in a 33-year-old man without a relevant medical history. He reported that he had had throbbing headaches for 1 month. On admission, neurological examination revealed dysarthria, right Horner syndrome, and hypoesthesia of the left side of the face and of the left side of the body below the neck. Initial magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed no areas of abnormal intensity on diffusion-weighted imaging, but magnetic resonance angiography showed a stringlike structure of the right vertebral artery. Acute infarction due to right vertebral artery dissection was diagnosed. Heparin sodium was immediately administered intravenously. Three days after symptom onset, magnetic resonance imaging-diffusion-weighted imaging of the brain clearly showed a high-intensity area in the right lateral medulla oblongata, a finding that confirmed the clinical diagnosis. This case emphasizes that vertebral artery dissection should be considered in patients with vertigo, especially young patients without risk factors for cerebrovascular disorders. The clinical history and neurological examination remain fundamental aspects of patient assessment in the era of advanced neuroimaging.
日医大医会誌 2011; 7(4), 175-178
Key words
vertebral artery dissection, Wallenberg syndrome, juvenile stroke, vertigo
Correspondence to
Satoshi Suda, MD, Divisions of Neurology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
E-mail：suda-sa@nms.ac.jp
受付：2011年7月26日 受理：2011年8月25日 |
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