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    The cerebellum plays an important role in coordinating movements, posture, and balance. Cerebellar lesions can cause ataxia, characterized by unsteady and jerky movements affecting posture and balance. Additional features include an intention tremor, dysdiadochokinesia, hypotonia, slow reflexes, nystagmus, and dysarthria. Causes of cerebellar syndrome include tumors, vascular issues, infections, developmental abnormalities, toxins, genetics, and miscellaneous conditions such as A-V malformations, abscesses, medications, alcohol abuse, and carbon monoxide poisoning.

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    The cerebellum plays an important role in coordinating movements, posture, and balance. Cerebellar lesions can cause ataxia, characterized by unsteady and jerky movements affecting posture and balance. Additional features include an intention tremor, dysdiadochokinesia, hypotonia, slow reflexes, nystagmus, and dysarthria. Causes of cerebellar syndrome include tumors, vascular issues, infections, developmental abnormalities, toxins, genetics, and miscellaneous conditions such as A-V malformations, abscesses, medications, alcohol abuse, and carbon monoxide poisoning.

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    Cerebellar Lesions: Prof Anura Weerasinghe

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    The cerebellum plays an important role in coordinating movements, posture, and balance. Cerebellar lesions can cause ataxia, characterized by unsteady and jerky movements affecting posture and balance. Additional features include an intention tremor, dysdiadochokinesia, hypotonia, slow reflexes, nystagmus, and dysarthria. Causes of cerebellar syndrome include tumors, vascular issues, infections, developmental abnormalities, toxins, genetics, and miscellaneous conditions such as A-V malformations, abscesses, medications, alcohol abuse, and carbon monoxide poisoning.

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    Cerebellar lesions

    Prof Anura Weerasinghe

    Motor control systems


    The corticospinal (pyramidal) system
    - enables organized
    movements
    The extrapyramidal system
    facilitates fast movements
    The cerebellum
    - play a
    role in coordinating movements,
    posture and balance

    Features of cerebellar
    lesions
    Ataxia (unsteady and jerky movements)

    - truncal affects the posture and


    balance lesion of the vermis movement of the ipsilateral limbs
    Gait feet wide apart as patient walks
    (broad base)
    Limbs outstretched arm while walking
    - rebound upward overshoot when the
    limb is pressed downwards and
    released

    Intention tremor with past-pointing


    Dysdiadochokinesia (inability to execute
    rapid alternative movements)
    Hypotonia (floppy limbs)
    No wasting
    Slow, pendular reflexes
    Nystagmus
    Dysarthria (Scanning or staccato speech)
    Titubation

    Causes of cerebellar
    syndrome

    Tumours
    Vascular
    Infection
    Developmental
    Toxic and metabolic
    Inherited
    Miscellaneous

    Kumar and clark 17th edition 11

    Note

    A-V malformation
    Abscess
    Antiepileptic drugs
    Alcohol abuse
    Carbon monoxide poisoning
    Hypothyroidism
    Paraneoplastic syndrome
    Hydrocephalus
    High altitude

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