Cerebellar ataxia

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Cerebellar ataxia Classification and external resources
ICD-10	G11.1-G11.3
ICD-9	334.3
DiseasesDB	2218
MedlinePlus	001397
MeSH	D002524

Cerebellar ataxia is a form of ataxia originating in the cerebellum.^[1]

Romberg's test can be used to distinguish cerebellar ataxia from other forms of ataxia.

[edit] See also

• Spinocerebellar ataxia

[edit] References

1. ^ BBC NEWS. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.

v • d • e Symptoms and signs: nervous and musculoskeletal systems (R25-R29, 781) Abnormal involuntary movements Tremor - Spasm - Fasciculation - Athetosis Gait abnormality Scissor gait Lack of coordination Ataxia (Cerebellar ataxia, Sensory ataxia) - Dysmetria - Dysdiadochokinesia - Hypotonia Other Tetany - Meningism - Hyperreflexia - Opisthotonus - Abnormal posturing - Hemispatial neglect

v • d • e Lesions of spinal cord and brain Spinal cord sensory: Sensory ataxia - Tabes dorsalis motor: Motor neurone disease mixed: Brown-Séquard syndrome - cord syndrome (Posterior, Anterior, Central/Syringomyelia) - Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord (B12) Anterior spinal artery syndrome Brainstem Medulla (CN 8, 9, 10, 12) Lateral medullary syndrome/Wallenberg (PICA) - Medial medullary syndrome (ASA) Pons (CN 5, 6, 7, 8) Lateral pontine syndrome (AICA) - Millard-Gubler syndrome (lateral) - Medial pontine syndrome (basilar) - Foville's syndrome (dorsal, basilar) - Locked-In syndrome (ventral) - Internuclear ophthalmoplegia - One and a half syndrome Midbrain (CN 3, 4) Weber's syndrome (ventral peduncle, PCA) - Benedikt's syndrome (ventral tegmentum, PCA) - Parinaud's syndrome (dorsal, tumor) Cerebellum lateral (Dysmetria, Dysdiadochokinesia, Intention tremor) - medial (Cerebellar ataxia) Basal ganglia Chorea - Dystonia - Parkinson's disease Cortex ACA syndrome - MCA syndrome - PCA syndrome frontal lobe: Expressive aphasia - Abulia parietal lobe: Receptive aphasia - Hemispatial neglect - Gerstmann syndrome - Astereognosis occipital lobe: Balint's syndrome - Cortical blindness - Alexia without agraphia temporal lobe: Cortical deafness - Prosopagnosia Other Subclavian steal syndrome - Upper motor neurone lesion (Clasp-knife response) - Lower motor neurone lesion