Cerebellar Disease

Question 1

What is corticosteroid responsive tremor syndrome?

Answer 1

Acute onset, intention tremor of the head, limbs, and/or body
Worsens with exercise, stress, and excitement
Disappears during sleep, seen at rest!!!
White Shaker Syndrome

Question 2

What are the components of cerebellar ataxia?

Answer 2

Dysmetria
Multiplanar intention tremor
Truncal sway
Base-wide stance/gait

Question 3

What is the difference between cerebellar hypoplasia and abiotrophy?

Answer 3

Hypoplasia: abnormal at birth, never fully developed, non-progressive
Abiotrophy: normal at birth, degeneration, progressive

Question 4

Menace deficit is _____________ to cerebellar lesion

Answer 4

Ipsilateral

Question 5

Paresis is/is not a sign of cerebellar dysfunction

Answer 5

IS NOT