Cerebellar infarction in the superior cerebellar artery distribution
Kase, C.S.; White, J.L.; Joslyn, J.N.; Williams, J.P.; Mohr, J.P.
Neurology 35(5): 705-711
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3878 PMID: 3990968 Document Number: 254304
Three patients, with CT and angiographic documentation of cerebellar infarction in the superior cerebellar artery distribution, had ataxic gait with little or no vertigo. Limb ataxia occured in 2 patients. Transient chorea and signs of pontine infarction were also noted. CT demonstrated infarcts on the upper surface of a cerebellar hemisphere and/or vermis. Angiograms disclosed occlusion of the top of the basilar artery in 2 cases and distal superior cerebellar artery (SCA) branches in 1. One patient later died after distal basilar artery occlusion; the others recovered.