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. 2016:2016:5206430.
doi: 10.1155/2016/5206430. Epub 2016 Feb 16.

Babinski-Nageotte Syndrome Diagnosed in Postpartum Period

Serdar Oruç  1 , Hayri Demirbaş  1 , Abdullah Güzel  1 , Mehtap Beker Acay  2 , Mehmet Yaman  1
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Babinski-Nageotte Syndrome Diagnosed in Postpartum Period

Serdar Oruç et al. Case Rep Neurol Med. 2016.

Abstract

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.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
The diffusion restriction which led to the acute infarct, holding the posterolateral bulbus right hemisphere according to the results of the diffusion MRI.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Stenotic segment determined in the right vertebral artery distal according to the MR angiography.
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