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Flashcards in Cerebellum Deck (7)
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1
Q

Coordination problem..what could it be?

A

cerebellar
posterior column
extrapyramidal disease

2
Q

Unilateral cerebellar lesion

A
SOL
ischaemia from vertebrobasilar disease
MS
paraneoplastic 
trauma
3
Q

Bilateral

A
Pheynytoin
Friederich's ataxia
Hypohtyroidism
Paraneoplastic
MS
Truama (punch drunk)
Arnold Chiari malformation
Alcohol
Large SOL, cerebrovascular disease, rare metabolic diseases
4
Q

Midline cerebellar lesion

A

Paraneoplastic

Midline tumour

5
Q

Rostral vermis lesion (only lower limbs affected)

A

alcohol

6
Q

Causes of spastic with ataxic paraparesis (UMN signs and cerebellar signs)

A

YOUNGER PERSON:
MS
Spinocerebellar degeneration
Arnold Chiari lesion at craniospinal junction

OLDER PERSON:
MS
syringomyelia
bilateral upper pons or Internal capsule infarct–>”ataxic hemiparesis”
lesion like meningioma at craniospinal junction
spinocerebellar degeneration

7
Q

Causes of parkinsonism

A
Idiopathic- PD
Drugs- eg methyldopa
Postencephalitis
Wilson's disease
Steele-Richardson syndrome
Syphilis
Tumour