Wallenberg's Syndrome

—As Apoplexy that Causes Dizziness or Vertigo—

Abstract

Wallenberg's syndrome is a classical syndrome and generally seen in lateral medullary infarction due to arterial occlusive lesion.
The author experienced seven cases of this syndrome.
Angiographic findings were occlusion of vertebral artery in four cases and abnormality of posterior inferior cerebellar artery in three cases.
There are variations in this syndrome and not a few cases are less severe or without showing full sings.
For the diagnosis of this syndrome it is necessary to remind of this syndrome when examine the patient comlaining of severe dizziness or vertigo, gait disturbance and dys-phagia. If not so, slihgt sings may be overlooked.
The author fears the possibility that some cases of this syndrome with mild attack or without showing full sings might be considered as dizziness or vertigo of unknown causes.