Forms Of Cerebellar Damage

Question 1

Acquired (8)

Answer 1

CVA
Tumor (primary or met)/tumor resection
Structural (Chiari malformation, agenesis, hypoplasia)
Toxicity (alcohol, heavy metals, drugs, solvents)
Immune-mediated (MS)
Trauma
Infection (cerebellaritis)
Endocrine (hypothyroidism)

Question 2

Degenerative nonhereditary (2)

Answer 2

multisystem atrophy (MSA)
Idiopathic late-onset cerebellar ataxia (ILOCA)

Question 3

Hereditary (3)

Answer 3

Autosomal dominant disorders (episodic ataxias, spinocerebellar ataxias)
Autosomal recessive disorders (Friedreich ataxia, early-onset cerebellar ataxia)
X-linked disorders (mitochondrial disease, fragile X-associated tremor)