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superior cerebellar artery syndrome
Pathology:
- thrombosis of the superior cerebellar artery that supplies the spinothalamic tract & the superior cerebellar peduncle
- less commonly
- interruption of the lateral lemniscus
- injury to the locus coeruleus
Clinical manifestations:
- incoordination in performing skilled movements
- loss of pain and temperature senses on the side of the face & body opposite to that of the lesion
- ipsilateral Horner syndrome
- contralateral superior oblique palsy
- less commonly
- loss of hearing
- sleep disturbances
- undulating tremor
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superior cerebellar artery
General
arterial thrombosis
brainstem infarction
cerebellar infarction
syndrome
References
- Murakami T, Ono Y, Akagi N et al
A case of superior cerebellar artery syndrome with contralateral
hearing loss at onset.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2005 76(12):1744
PMID: 16291913 PMCID: PMC1739460 Free PMC article
https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/76/12/1744
- Expert Consult. Chapter 2: Applied Anatomy of the Brain Arteries.
Syndromes of Superior Cerebellar Artery Occlusion
http://www.expertconsultbook.com/expertconsult/ob/book.do?method=display&type=bookPage&decorator=none&eid=4-u1.0-B978-0-7506-7418-8..00002-1--s0715&isbn=978-0-7506-7418-8