Ataxia

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 B₁ and B₂   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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