Undiagnosed polycythemia, an uncommon cause of Wallenberg syndrome: A case report

A 26‐year‐old man presented with difficulty swallowing, dizziness, hiccups, and Horner's syndrome. Clinical and neuroimaging collaboration confirmed lateral medullary syndrome. Polycythemia was identified as the only attributable risk factor. However, the cause of polycythemia could not be asse...

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Autores principales: Rayamajhi, Aadesh, Pokhrel, Biraj, Khanal, Shambhu, Shrestha, Anjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9020440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35474990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5752
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author Rayamajhi, Aadesh
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description A 26‐year‐old man presented with difficulty swallowing, dizziness, hiccups, and Horner's syndrome. Clinical and neuroimaging collaboration confirmed lateral medullary syndrome. Polycythemia was identified as the only attributable risk factor. However, the cause of polycythemia could not be assessed further. Polycythemia was managed with phlebotomy.
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spelling pubmed-90204402022-04-25 Undiagnosed polycythemia, an uncommon cause of Wallenberg syndrome: A case report Rayamajhi, Aadesh Pokhrel, Biraj Khanal, Shambhu Shrestha, Anjan Clin Case Rep Case Reports A 26‐year‐old man presented with difficulty swallowing, dizziness, hiccups, and Horner's syndrome. Clinical and neuroimaging collaboration confirmed lateral medullary syndrome. Polycythemia was identified as the only attributable risk factor. However, the cause of polycythemia could not be assessed further. Polycythemia was managed with phlebotomy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9020440/ /pubmed/35474990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5752 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title_fullStr Undiagnosed polycythemia, an uncommon cause of Wallenberg syndrome: A case report
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