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Cerebellar
Vestibular
Sensory
Frontal
HYSTERICAL
CEREBELLAR
ATAXIA
The anatomy of
cerebellum
Symptoms of cerebellar
dysfunction
Broad-base standing
intentional tremor
dysdiadochokinesis
dysmetria
horizontal nystagmus
scanning speech
Reasons of cerebellar ataxia
Vascular disorders: stroke
Neoplastic disorders: tumor of the cerebellum
Metabolic disorders: alcohol abuse,hypoxia,
hypoglycaemia
Demyelinative disorders: multiple sclerosis
Degenerative disorders: spino-cerebellar
ataxias, multi-system atrophy and the other
degenerative disorders
Paraneoplastic syndrome: subacute
cerebellar degeneration
Ischemic stroke in cerebellum
Glioblastoma of the cerebellum
VESTIBULAR
ATAXIA
VESTIBULAR SYSTEM and its
connections
Temporal lobe
Vertigo
Unsteadiness of gait
Nystagmus
Nausea, vomiting
Peripheral vertigo
Meniere syndrome
Vestibular neuronitis
Central vertigo
Rotary,
persistent,
may increase
by visual
fixation
Benign paroxysmal
positional vertigo (BPPV)
recurrent momentary episodes of
vertigo.
vertigo is rotatory directed to
unaffected labyrinthine with a
tendency to fall towards the affected
labirinthine
Horizontal nystagmus to unaffected
labirinthine
Dix-Halpike maneuver
Common causes
Multi-infarct dementia
Normal pressure
hydrocephalus
Tumor