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Posterior view of the brainstem showing the posterior inferior cerebellar arteries branching from the vertebral arteries below

From the 1901 autopsy of Adolf Wallenberg's 1895 case of lateral medullary syndrome. The left posterior inferior cerebellar artery (on the left side of the figure) is nearly occluded with a thrombus. (Source: Wallenberg A. Anatomischer Befund in einem als “acute Bulbär-aVection [Embolie der Art. cerebellar. post. inf. sinistr?]” bescreidenen Falle. Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten 1901;34:923-59. Edited by Dr. Douglas J Lanska.)

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