Question

Briefly describe some problems a person might have if a stroke damage his cellebellum

Answer 1

Cerebellar stroke syndrome is a condition in which circulation to cerebellum is impaired due to lesion of superior cerebellar artery,anterior inferior cerebellar artery(AICA) or Posterior inferior cerebellar artery(PICA)

The usual symptoms assosciated with this howerver cerebellar stroke syndrome is a very rare stroke.

1)Uncordinated movement of limbs and trunk(Ataxia)

2)Vertigo

3)tremors

4)nausea and vomiting

5)cranial nerve defects like diploplia and nystagmus

6)unlike cerebral stroke cerbellar stroke is usually ipsilesional(that is same side of infarct)

7)dysarthria

8) in 50 percent of patients symptoms are non specific abs usually cerbellar stroke is missed out

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