Compression of the medulla oblongata by a fusiform vertebral artery aneurysm presenting as Babinski-Nageotte syndrome in a Filipino male: A case report

Abstract

Babinski-Nageotte Syndrome (BNS) is one of the brainstem syndromes presenting with classic Wallenberg findings with associated contralateral motor deficit. Based on our literature review, only few cases have been reported and none of them was due to aneurysmal compression of the medulla oblongata. This paper aims to present a case of a 42-year old Filipino male, married, construction worker who manifested with sudden onset of severe headache with associated vertiginous dizziness, dysphagia, dysphonia, nausea, vomiting, and right extremity numbness and hemiparesis.