Acquired ataxias, infectious and para-infectious

L Blumkin, MR Pranzatelli - Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2012 - Elsevier
Cerebellitis is thought to be an inflammatory condition involving the cerebellum that affects
children and adults. Infections may be directly or indirectly responsible. If the ataxia occurs in …

Infections of the cerebellum

AA Pruitt - Neurologic clinics, 2014 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Acute cerebellitis (AC) can be caused by either primary infection or postinfectious immune-
mediated processes. In this article, the term acute is defined as symptoms evolving over a …

Acute cerebellar ataxia, acute cerebellitis, and opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome

J Desai, WG Mitchell - Journal of child neurology, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Acute cerebellar ataxia and acute cerebellitis represent a process characterized by
parainfectious, postinfectious, or postvaccination cerebellar inflammation. There is …

A child with cerebellar ataxia

S Gamanagatti, Z Nayaz - The British Journal of Radiology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Discussion Cerebellitis is an inflammatory syndrome resulting in acute cerebellar
dysfunction, which can occur as a primary infectious, post-infectious or post-vaccination …

Magnetic resonance imaging findings in acute cerebellitis

R Bakshi, VE Bates, PR Kinkel, LL Mechtler, WR Kinkel - Clinical imaging, 1998 - Elsevier
Cerebellitis, also known as acute cerebellar ataxia, is an inflammatory syndrome of
cerebellar dysfunction that may reflect an infectious, post-infectious, or post-vaccination …

Acute cerebellitis or postinfectious cerebellar ataxia? Clinical and imaging features in acute cerebellitis

M Yildirim, R Gocmen, B Konuskan… - Journal of Child …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Acute cerebellitis is a rare condition often considered within the group of acute
postinfectious cerebellar ataxia despite its distinctive clinical and imaging features. We …

Acute cerebellitis in children: a variable clinical entity

JA Emelifeonwu, J Shetty… - Journal of Child …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Acute cerebellar ataxia is the most common cause of acute ataxia in children and it usually
runs a self-limiting and ultimately benign clinical course. A small proportion of children have …

Acute ataxia in childhood: 11-year experience at a major pediatric neurology referral center

K Thakkar, SM Maricich, G Alper - Journal of child neurology, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
We categorized the causes of acute ataxia in the pediatric population—referred to the
Division of Neurology—at a large, urban pediatric medical center. Of the 120 cases …

Acute cerebellar ataxia in a toddler: case report and literature review

DP Davis, A Marino - The Journal of emergency medicine, 2003 - Elsevier
Acute cerebellar ataxia (ACA) is an inflammatory CNS disease that is characterized by rapid
onset of ataxia in a child under 6 years of age. Symptoms typically occur in association with …

Acute life threatening cerebellitis presenting with no apparent cerebellar signs

Y Hacohen, G Niotakis, A Aujla, A Siddiqui… - Clinical neurology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Acute cerebellitis is an inflammatory syndrome which can occur as either a primary
infectious, para or post infectious disorder. Infectious pathogens that have been reported to …