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Symptomatic vascular compression of the medulla oblongata by the tortuous and elongated vertebral arteries

Symptomatic vascular compression of the medulla oblongata causing brainstem dysfunction is rare. We herein describe a case of compression of the ventral and ventrolateral portion of the medulla oblongata and nervus hypoglossus by the elongated and tortuous vertebral arteries. The neurological symptoms and deficits which were the result of compression of the medulla oblongata were transient, while the signs of hypoglossal nerve palsy were persistent. The differential diagnosis of brainstem disfunction should take into consideration the possibility of vascular compression, especially in cases absent of typical ischemic vascular syndromes and the radiographic features of the lesions of the medulla oblongata.

Vertebral artery ; Medulla oblongata ; Hypoglossal nerve diseases ;

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