Bilateral middle cerebellar peduncle lesions

Dr Owen Kang ◉ and A.Prof Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈ et al.

Involvement of both middle cerebellar peduncles is uncommon, but has a relatively long list of differential diagnoses, including ¹:

neurodegenerative diseases
- multiple systemic atrophy (MSA)
  - olivopontocerebellar atrophy
  - Shy-Drager syndrome
- spinocerebellar atrophy
metabolic diseases
- adrenoleukodystrophy
- Wilson disease
- alcoholic liver cirrhosis
- hypoglycemic coma
neoplasms
cerebrovascular disease
- AICA infarction
- hypertensive encephalopathy
- pontine infarct with Wallerian degeneration (involving bilateral middle cerebellar peduncles)
inflammatory and demyelinating diseases
Cyclosporin-A encephalopathy

See middle cerebellar peduncles for anatomy.

References

Article information

rID: 13017

System: Central Nervous System

Section: Gamuts

Tag: cerebellum, brainstem, cases, refs

Synonyms or Alternate Spellings:

Lesions involving bilateral middle cerebellar peduncle

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