Atypical combination of gastrointestinal and neurological clinical symptoms (Wallenberg syndrome): a clinical case report

Abstract

A 57-year-old man was admitted to the Emergency Department of the University Clinical Center of Serbia with symptoms included ataxia (vitiligo), vomiting, dysphagia, left-sided hemiparesis, he-mi-hypesthesia and Horner’s syndrome, right palatal paresis, lower limb weakness, paresthesia on the left side of the body and face, and right central facial palsy. The patient had a history of chronic arterial hypertension, two previous brain ischemic strokes (in 2005. and 2016.), and long-lasting type 2 diabetes mellitus. MRI of the brain was performed.