Cerebellar lesion will result in all the following features except
Cerebellar lesion will result in all the following features except
a. Hypotonia
b. Pendular knee jerk
c. Pill roloing tremors
d. Dysarthria
e. Dysdiadochokinesia
Answer
a. Pill roloing tremors
Pill roloing tremors is feature of Parkinson disease
Discussion
Cerebellar sign
Ataxia - unsteady to side of disease
Dysmetria - breakdown of movement with the patient ' overshooting ' the target when performing a specific motor task Eg . finger nose test
Dysdiadochokinesia - failure to perform rapid alternating movement
Intentiion tremor - a tremor which increase as the limb approaches its target
Rebound phenomenon - excessive swing of displaced arm
Pendualr knee jerks - the leg swing backwards and forwards when the knee jerk is elicited
Hypotonia
Nystagmus- to side of lesion
Dysarthria – scanning or spluttering
Titubation - rhythmic noding of the head from side to side
Mnemonic to remember cerebellar sign
1.
DANISH
2.
PINARD'S
3.
VANISHED
4.
Deadly ANTS Playing on your cerebellum ( DDD ANTS P )
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CNS
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CNS MCQs
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Physiology MCQ
