For differential diagnosis between vestibular neuritis and lateral medullary infarction with similar clinical features, bedside examination of nystagmus is important. We report a 45-year-old male who presented with acute vertigo for two days. He showed spontaneous right-beating nystagmus. However, left-beating nystagmus was evoked during bilateral horizontal gaze and by horizontal head oscillation. Brain MRI revealed an acute infarction in the left lateral medulla.
Brain
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Head
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Humans
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Infarction
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Vertigo
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Vestibular Neuronitis