Ataxia
Ataxia: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Symmetric and Progressive Cerebellar Signs
Acute (hours to days)
Toxic
Alcohol
Lithium
Phenytoin
Barbiturates
Carbamazepine
Heatstroke
Viral cerebellitis
Seizure disorder
Postinfection syndrome
Hypoglycemia
Hyponatremia
Hypoxic encephalopathy
Cranial trauma
Subacute (days to weeks)
Toxic
Arsenic-bismuth
Mercury
Lead
Glue and paint sniffing
Toluene exposure
Spray painting
Chemotherapeutics
Thallium
Organophosphates
Alcoholic nutritional (e.g., vitamin B
1 and B
2 deficiency)
Lyme disease
Miscellaneous infections (e.g., viral, toxoplasmosis)
Chronic (months to years)
Paraneoplastic syndrome
Hypothyroidism
Tabes dorsalis
Inherited ataxias
Meningovascular syphilis
Vitamin E deficiency
Focal and Ipsilateral Cerebellar Signs
Acute (hours to days)
Vascular
Cerebellar hemorrhage
Subdural hematoma
Infarction
Vasculitis
Cerebellar abscess
Subacute (days to weeks)
Acute multiple sclerosis
Primary or metastatic neoplasm
AIDS–related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy or lymphoma
Chronic (months to years)
Stable gliosis due to stroke or demyelinating plaque
Dandy-Walker or Arnold-Chiari malformations
References
1. Rosenberg RN: Ataxic Disorders, p. 2363. See Bibliography, 5.
2. Bressman SB: Ataxias, p. 686. See Bibliography, 2.
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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