Medulla compression caused by vertebral artery dolichoectasia

摘要

A 75-year-old man was admitted with recently developed hiccough and a 1 year history of ataxia He denied drug overuse, stroke, head trauma and a family history of ataxia,. He had hypertension for 10 years. He showed left-sided ptosis, miosis, right-sided hypaesthesia and bilateral limb ataxia, which was more prominent on the left side He lost balance and leaned to the left side while standing when putting his feet together