Acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood

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Clinic

  • It is a childhood condition characterized by an unsteady gait
  • Most likely secondary to an autoimmune response to infection, drug induced or paraneoplastic.

The most common viral causes are

  • VZV
  • EBV
  • INFL
  • CXA, CXB, ECHO

Bacterial cause

  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae


Signs / Symptoms

  • Acute cerebellar ataxia usually follows 2–3 weeks after an infection.
  • Onset is abrupt.
  • Vomiting may be present at the onset but fever and nuchal rigidity characteristically are absent.
  • Horizontal nystagmus is present in approximately 50% of cases.

Cause

Possible causes of acute cerebellar ataxia include varicella infection, as well as infection with influenza, Epstein–Barr virus, Coxsackie virus, Echo virus or mycoplasma.

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