Overview
- Important causes of diseases affecting the cerebellum
Causes
Midline
- Paraneoplastic syndrome
- Midline tumour
Unilateral
“MVPS”
- SOL – Tumour, abscess, granuloma
- Vascular – ischaemia / infarction, haemorrhage
- Paraneoplastic syndrome
- Multiple sclerosis
Bilateral
- Drugs & toxins – e.g. phenytoin, alcohol (No1), Lithium
- Friedrich’s ataxia
- Hypothyroidism
- Paraneoplastic syndrome
- Multiple sclerosis
- Trauma (punch drunk)
- Arnold Chiari malformation
- Large SOL – causing cerebellar pressure
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