A Case of Isolated Cerebellar Nodulus Infarction with Periodic Alternating Nystagmus and Unilateral Vestibulopathy.
- Author:
Sun Young OH
1
;
Hye Seon JEONG
;
Joo Young OH
;
Jei KIM
;
Ae Young LEE
;
Ji Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Chonbuk National University, Korea. ohsun0712@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Nodulus;
Periodic alternating nystagmus (PAN);
Unilateral vestibulopathy
- MeSH:
Cerebellar Diseases;
Humans;
Infarction*;
Ischemia;
Nystagmus, Pathologic*;
Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular;
Vertigo
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2007;25(3):422-425
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a patient with an isolated cerebellar nodulus infarction who presented with periodic alternating nystagmus (PAN), perverted head-shaking nystagmus (pHSN), and loss of tilt suppression of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR). Several days after the initial symptoms resolved, the patient also presented with purely vestibular syndrome with vertigo, spontaneous horizontal nystagmus without the usual signs of cerebellar dysfunction. The chain of those symptoms were ascribed to ischemia of the cerebellar nodulus.
