What Is Wallenberg Syndrome?
8. Diagnosis
When a patient visits a doctor, the doctor will first review the symptoms and take medical history of the patient. If the symptoms are indicative of a case of Wallenberg syndrome, the doctor will then order tests.
Computed tomography, also called a CT scan, and magnetic resonance imaging, also known as MRI, are the most common methods used to determine whether or not a patient has lateral medullary infarction.
Once a CT scan or MRI is taken, the doctor is better able to make a diagnosis. This is possible because the resultant image can show signs of blockage of blood vessels associated with stroke in the brain stem.
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