Associated Symptoms and Signs in Cerebellar Ataxia

Question 1

Vomiting

Answer 1

Cerebellar stroke, posterior fossa mass

Question 2

Fever

Answer 2

viral cerebellitis, infection or abscess

Question 3

Malnutrition

Answer 3

alcoholic cerebellar degeneration, or vitamin E deficiency

Question 4

Depressed consciousness

Answer 4

cerebellar stroke, childhood metabolic disorders

Question 5

dementia

Answer 5

CJD, inherited spinocerebellar ataxia

Question 6

Optic neuritis or atrophy

Answer 6

MS

Question 7

Ophthalmoplegia

Answer 7

Wernicke’s encephalopathy, Miller Fisher syndrome, MS, cerebellar stroke, posterior fossa mass

Question 8

Extrapyramidal signs

Answer 8

Wilson disease, CJD, olivopontocerebellar atrophy

Question 9

Hyporeflexia or areflexia

Answer 9

MFS, Friedreich ataxia, alcoholic cerebellar degeneration, hypothyroidism

Question 10

Downbeat nystagmus

Answer 10

Foramen magnum lesion, posterior fossa mass