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Abstract
The disease pattern of acute cerebellitis has been increasingly noticed in recent years. Two different courses had been observed. A mild form with slight ataxic disorders (as a postinfectious self-limiting disease) and a fulminant course of cerebellitis with cerebellar swelling, which compresses Sylvius' aqueduct, leading to an increased intracranial pressure with an obstructive hydrocephalus, and downward herniation of the cerebellar tonsils in the foramen magnum. In this case the course can be fatal if neurosurgical emergency treatment comes too late. Cerebellitis has been observed as a sequela to a virus infection and by autoimmune-mediated inflammation. Numerous publications were concerned with childhood cerebellitis but less commonly in adults. Neuro-ophthalmological findings were frequently described as nystagmus (horizontal gaze-evoked nystagmus, vertical nystagmus, downbeat nystagmus, periodic alternating nystagmus), papilledema, more rarely paresis of the abducens or facial nerve, photophobia and very rarely an opsoclonous-myoclonous syndrome. Cerebellitis with neuro-ophthalmological findings has repeatedly been described in adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Entities:
Keywords: Ataxia; Elevated intracranial pressure; Hydrocephalus; Nystagmus; Photophobia
Year: 2022 PMID: 36169716 PMCID: PMC9516533 DOI: 10.1007/s00347-022-01725-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ophthalmologie ISSN: 2731-720X
| Augenbefunde | Autoren | Alter der Patienten |
|---|---|---|
| „Down-beat“-Nystagmus, periodisch alternierender Nystagmus | Yoshimoto und Koyama [ | 14-jähriger Junge |
| Okulomotorische Symptome: gestörte Folgebewegung, herabgesetzter optokinetischer Nystagmus, Suppression der vestibulookulären Reflexe, Blickrichtungsnystagmus; außerdem: Fazialisparese | Klockgether et al. [ | 11 Patienten Alter zwischen 23 und 64 Jahren |
| Blickrichtungsnystagmus | Hayakawa und Katoh [ | 4‑jähriges Mädchen |
| Vertikalnystagmus, Stauungspapillen | Asenbauer et al. [ | 4‑jähriger Junge |
| Abduzensparesen, Stauungspapillen | Kamate et al. [ | 9‑jähriger Junge |
| Photophobie; Opsoklonus-Myoklonus-Syndrom | Desai und Mitchell [ | 1 bis 4‑jährige Kinder (keine Zahlenangabe) |
| Stauungspapillen, Nystagmus | Hennes et al. [ | 11 Kinder Durchschnittliches Alter: 6,7 Jahre |
| Nystagmus | Lancella et al. [ | 6 Kinder Alter: 2,5 bis 6 Jahre |
| Vertikalnystagmus, Abduzensparese, Oberlidtremor | Garcia-Iniguez et al. [ | 9 Patienten Alter: 3,5 bis 12,2 Jahre |
| Augenbefunde | Autoren | Alter der Patienten |
|---|---|---|
| Hypermetrische vertikale und horizontale Sakkaden; instabile Fixation; rotatorischer Nystagmus, sakkadierte Folgebewegungen, optokinetischer Nystagmus nicht auslösbar | Fadakar et al. [ | 47-jähriger Mann |
| Horizontaler Blickrichtungsnystagmus | Povlow und Auerbach [ | 30-jähriger Mann |
| Photophobie | Moreno-Escobar et al. [ | 24-jähriger Mann |