Ataxia and Gait Disorders Flashcards
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Cerebellar hemorrhage/infarction
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Sx: vertigo, vomiting, inability to walk
2
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Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration
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Sx: progressive gait and truncal ataxia
3
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Postinfectious cerebllitis
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Age 2-7
Sx: limb and gait ataxia and dysarthria
4
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Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration
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Truncal gait and limb ataxia, dysarthria, ocular motility issues
5
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Friedreich ataxia
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Auto recessive disorder
Sx: progressive ataxia affecting arms more than the legs and dysarthria
- loss of reflexes, spasticity, extensor plantar responses, impaired vibration and position sense
6
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Inherited episodic ataxia
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Ataxia, vertigo, nausea, vomiting
Cause: EA-1 mutations in voltage gated potassium channel
7
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Miller fisher syndrome
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Ataxia, areflexia, ophthalmoplegia
- proprioceptive loss
