[Cerebellar cavernous angioma, cervical dystonia and crossed cortical diaschisis]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 1991;147(8-9):599-602.
[Article in French]

Abstract

On four occasions since 1978, this 53 year-old woman presented with a right hemicorporal hypotonia, symptomatic of a hemispheric cerebellar syndrome. In 1981, she experienced the progressive development of a cervical dystonia. CT scan and RM scan showed a cavernous angioma in the right cerebellar hemisphere. The 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-glucose PET scan revealed a right cerebellar and a contralateral cortical and striatal hypometabolism. This crossed cerebello-cortical diaschisis can be interpreted as a functional interruption of the cerebello-cerebral pathways. This case raises the question of the role played by a cerebellar lesion in the development of a focal dystonia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / complications*
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebellum / metabolism*
  • Cerebral Cortex / metabolism*
  • Dystonia / etiology*
  • Female
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / complications*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neck Muscles
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed