Babinski-Nageotte Syndrome Diagnosed in Postpartum Period

Babinski-Nageotte Syndrome (BNS) is one of the brainstem syndromes characterized by muscle weakness in the opposite half of the body with classic Wallenberg findings. According to our literature survey, only a few cases have been reported and none of them was in the postpartum period. We report a ca...

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Published in:Case reports in neurological medicine 2016-01, Vol.2016 (2016), p.1-2
Main Authors: Beker Acay, Mehtap, Güzel, Abdullah, Demirbaş, Hayri, Oruç, Serdar, Yaman, Mehmet
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Language:English
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Diagnostic imaging
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Summary:Babinski-Nageotte Syndrome (BNS) is one of the brainstem syndromes characterized by muscle weakness in the opposite half of the body with classic Wallenberg findings. According to our literature survey, only a few cases have been reported and none of them was in the postpartum period. We report a case of a typical BNS in a postpartum woman with an ischemic lesion in the medulla oblongata shown on magnetic resonance imaging.
ISSN:2090-6668
2090-6676
DOI:10.1155/2016/5206430