Clinical: Cerebellar disease Flashcards
Symptoms and Signs
Truncal and Gait ataxia Limb Ataxia Dysarthria Abnormal eye movements Vertigo Nausea/Vomiting
Truncal/Gait ataxia
Unsteady without support; stands/walks with broad base; if lesion is on vermis of cerebellum trunk ataxia
Limb Ataxia
Clumsiness/difficulty writing; intention tremor!; ataxia on ipsilateral side; impaired rapid alternating movements
Dysarthria
Slurred speech, Staccato; sometimes dysphagia
Abnormal eye movements
Nystagmus, often associated with oscillopsia (enviornment moving); diplopia (seeing 2)
Tone power and tendon reflexes
T: normal or reduced P: normal TR: normal
Causes of disease: Congenital; Inherited, degnerative; Imflammation; tumours; vascular disease; infections; metabolic
Congenital: Arnold Chiari (small skull) Inherited/ND: Spinocerebellar ataxia Inflammation: MS Vascular: Stroke Infections: abcesses and CJD (prions) Metabolic: alcohol
Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Is an expansion of CAG triplet