Cerebellar syndrome

Question 1

What are the clinical signs of cerebellar syndrome?

Answer 1

DANISH

Dysdiadochokinesis
Ataxia
Nystagmus
Intention tremor
Scanning dysarthria
Hypotonia/hyporeflexia

Question 2

What are the causes of cerebellar syndrome?

Answer 2

PASTRIES

Paraneoplastic cerebellar syndrome
Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration
Sclerosis (MS)
Tumour (posterior fossa)
Rare (Friedrich’s ataxia)
Iatrogenic (phenytoin toxicity)
Endocrine (hypothyroidism)
Stroke (brain stem)