The stem is describing sequelae of posterior inferior cerebellar artery occlusion, resulting in Wallenberg syndrome. Hereโs a nice schematic of the affected nuclei and brain stem regions:
nbme4unmeGreat video! Very, very solid review of brainstem anatomy.+
suckitnbmeThis image was surprisingly interpretable for NBME standards +16
aneurysmclipand the fact that all you needed to know was the side of the lesion to answer tbh lmao, but other than that localizing to medulla wasn't hard. +6
medguru2295Actually, they were quite nice. You didn't even have to know what side. There was no option for left medulla. +3
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The stem is describing sequelae of posterior inferior cerebellar artery occlusion, resulting in Wallenberg syndrome. Hereโs a nice schematic of the affected nuclei and brain stem regions:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/A8S3B9p1t_g/maxresdefault.jpg
... and a 6-minute YouTube video that walks you through it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8S3B9p1t_g