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What are the symptoms of brain stem and medulla oblongata disease?


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Brain stem and medulla lesions may manifest as dorsolateral medulla syndrome, characterized by vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and nystagmus; paralysis of the soft palate and throat muscles on the side of the lesion, dysphagia, dysarthria, drooping of the soft palate on the side of the lesion, and loss of pharyngeal reflexes; ataxia on the side of the lesion; Horner syndrome; and crossed sensory disturbance, i.e., loss of facial pain and temperature sensation on the ipsilateral side of the lesion and loss of body pain and temperature sensation on the contralateral side. It can also be manifested as mid-ventral medulla oblongata damage, manifested as medial medulla oblongata syndrome, clinical manifestations are: 1, focal lateral tongue muscle paralysis and muscle atrophy. 2, contralateral limb central paralysis. 3, contralateral upper and lower limbs touch, position sense, vibration sense decreased.