Appendicular Ataxia & Episodes Last about 1.5 Hours & Interictal Downbeat Nystagmus: Causes & Reasons

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Reported Symptoms

Appendicular Ataxia, Episodes Last about 1.5 Hours, Interictal Downbeat Nystagmus,

Negated

None

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Possible Causes

Autosomal Recessive Spinocerebellar Ataxia 8

Examination was notable for moderate dysarthria, hypermetric saccades and axial appendicular ataxia. [mdsabstracts.org]

According to Baloh and others (1997), EA2 is characterized by a progressive ataxia with interictal rebound nystagmus evoked by gaze, as well as downbeating nystagmus. [tchain.com]

Symptoms progress slowly; appendicular ataxia, dysmetria, dysdiadochokinesia, and cerebellar or mixed dysarthria (cerebellar and bulbar) appear at later stages. 14–16,22,23 [elsevier.es]

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Adult-Onset Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia

[…] progressive over weeks to months and stabilized within 6 months • The majority had both truncal and appendicular ataxia Brain (2003), 126, 1409 1418 66. [slideshare.net]

; EA2 with interictal nystagmus, is long-lasting (hours) associated with attacks of vertigo, diffuse weakness, slurred speech, dystonia, seizures, truncal and limb ataxia [neuroweb.us]

30 See the list below: Clinical features Age of onset - 42-76 years (mean is 52 y) Relatively pure, slowly progressing gait and appendicular ataxia Dysarthria Lower limb [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Familial Episodic Pain Syndrome Type 1

In those with persistent cerebellar ataxia, gait, speech, heel-shin test and the finger-nose test were the highest scoring elements on the SARA, suggesting both appendicular [academic.oup.com]

Most patients also show various interictal nystagmus, such as gaze-evoked nystagmus (GEN), rebound nystagmus, or primary position downbeat nystagmus. [e-jmd.org]

[…] and midline ataxia. [academic.oup.com]

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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 13

Symptoms progress slowly; appendicular ataxia, dysmetria, dysdiadochokinesia, and cerebellar or mixed dysarthria (cerebellar and bulbar) appear at later stages. 14–16,22,23 [elsevier.es]

30 See the list below: Clinical features Age of onset - 42-76 years (mean is 52 y) Relatively pure, slowly progressing gait and appendicular ataxia Dysarthria Lower limb [emedicine.com]

[…] features Nonprogressive ataxia Nystagmus Dysarthria Psychomotor display Clumsiness Cognitive impairment Frequent falling early in disease Dysdiadochokinesis Spinocerebellar ataxia [emedicine.com]

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Acute Cerebellar Ataxia

The mildest cases of acute cerebellar ataxia represent a benign condition that is characterized by acute truncal and gait ataxia, variably with appendicular ataxia, nystagmus [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

; EA2 with interictal nystagmus, is long-lasting (hours) associated with attacks of vertigo, diffuse weakness, slurred speech, dystonia, seizures, truncal and limb ataxia [neuroweb.us]

ataxia, dysarthria). [els.net]

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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 19

appendicular ataxia. [scielo.br]

30 See the list below: Clinical features Age of onset - 42-76 years (mean is 52 y) Relatively pure, slowly progressing gait and appendicular ataxia Dysarthria Lower limb [emedicine.medscape.com]

The patient's mother died in Japan, at the age of 70 years old, presenting gait ataxia for more than ten years. [scielo.br]

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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 10

appendicular ataxia. [scielo.br]

The patient's mother died in Japan, at the age of 70 years old, presenting gait ataxia for more than ten years. [scielo.br]

Neurological examination showed bilateral horizontal gaze-evoked nystagmus, ocular dysmetria and dysarthria; severe gait ataxia associated with less prominent truncal and [scielo.br]

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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1

30 See the list below: Clinical features Age of onset - 42-76 years (mean is 52 y) Relatively pure, slowly progressing gait and appendicular ataxia Dysarthria Lower limb [emedicine.com]

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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 23

30 See the list below: Clinical features Age of onset - 42-76 years (mean is 52 y) Relatively pure, slowly progressing gait and appendicular ataxia Dysarthria Lower limb [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 5

[…] in the impairment of both appendicular and axial motor control. [movementdisorders.org]

Degenerative cerebellar ataxias (CAs) are a group of disorders associated with progressive degeneration of the cerebellum, and its afferent and efferent pathways, resulting [movementdisorders.org]

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Machado-Joseph Disease

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2009 Dec;111(10):791-4. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.07.016. Epub 2009 Aug 26. Author information 1 Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan. shiroh46@med.kurume-u.ac.jp Abstract We report[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 15

BACKGROUND: To guide time- and cost-efficient analyses of the increasing number of autosomal-dominant spinocerebellar ataxia genes (SCAs), more information about frequency distributions, phenotypic characteristics and optimal diagnostic strategies is warranted. OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and phenotypic[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 26

Abstract The dominantly inherited spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by progressive gait ataxia, upper limb incoordination, and dysarthria. We studied a six-generation kindred of Norwegian ancestry with pure cerebellar ataxia[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Ataxia

One important distinction is between truncal ataxia and appendicular ataxia. [neuroexam.com]

According to Baloh and others (1997), EA2 is characterized by a progressive ataxia with interictal rebound nystagmus evoked by gaze, as well as downbeating nystagmus. [dizziness-and-balance.com]

Severe appendicular, gait, and truncal ataxia was noted, and she also demonstrated mild cogwheel rigidity and bradykinesia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy Type 8

Relatives initially noted appendicular ataxia at the age of 1‐year, followed by a progressive delay in developmental milestones, particularly in language. [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Neurological exam disclosed dysarthria, truncal and appendicular ataxia, bilateral horizonto‐torsional nystagmus, choreoatethoic movements in his fingers, slight dystonic [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

Not described Not described Not described Not described Truncal and appendicular ataxia Gait impairement Wheelchair‐bound Unable to walk without support Not described Not [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

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Ataxia-Oculomotor Apraxia Syndrome

December 14, 2004 ; 63 (11) Brief Communications Late onset and variable phenotype C. Criscuolo, P. Mancini, F. Saccà, G. De Michele, A. Monticelli, L. Santoro, V. Scarano, S. Banfi, A. Filla First published December 13, 2004, DOI: This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may[…] [neurology.org]

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Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma

Upon neurological examination, we found a Karnofsky Performance Status Scale (KPS) score of 70, a gait deviation to the left, an appendicular ataxia and palsy of the left [pagepress.org]

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Alpha-Mannosidosis

Alpha-mannosidosis is an inherited lysosomal storage disease. The authors report three siblings (ages 38 to 47 years) with the rare adult variant. All three had late-onset ataxia and retinal degeneration, adding to hearing loss, cognitive impairment, and dysotosis multiplex. One sibling also had psychosis. MRI revealed[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Subacute Cerebellar Degeneration

It is characterised by subacute onset of gait instability which may progress to a pan-cerebellar syndrome with vertigo, diplopia, dysarthria, truncal and appendicular ataxia [karger.com]

; EA2 with interictal nystagmus, is long-lasting (hours) associated with attacks of vertigo, diffuse weakness, slurred speech, dystonia, seizures, truncal and limb ataxia [neuroweb.us]

ataxia, dysarthria). [els.net]

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Spastic Ataxia with Congenital Miosis

Gait ataxia; Appendicular ataxia ; Positive Romberg sign; Dysarthria; Cerebellar atrophy; Loss of cerebellar Purkinje cells; [Peripheral nervous system]; Peripheral neuropathy [findzebra.com]

30 See the list below: Clinical features Age of onset - 42-76 years (mean is 52 y) Relatively pure, slowly progressing gait and appendicular ataxia Dysarthria Lower limb [emedicine.medscape.com]

Interictal examination showed spontaneous downbeat and gaze-evoked nystagmus and mild dysarthria and truncal ataxia. [findzebra.com]

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Episodic Ataxia

Her examination disclosed downbeat nystagmus on lateral gaze, prominent positional downbeat nystagmus, slurring of speech, and truncal and appendicular ataxia. [jnnp.bmj.com]

30 See the list below: Clinical features Age of onset - 42-76 years (mean is 52 y) Relatively pure, slowly progressing gait and appendicular ataxia Dysarthria Lower limb [emedicine.com]

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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6

Her examination disclosed downbeat nystagmus on lateral gaze, prominent positional downbeat nystagmus, slurring of speech, and truncal and appendicular ataxia. [jnnp.bmj.com]

30 See the list below: Clinical features Age of onset - 42-76 years (mean is 52 y) Relatively pure, slowly progressing gait and appendicular ataxia Dysarthria Lower limb [emedicine.com]

Initial examination disclosed a central type of positional nystagmus (conjugate downbeat nystagmus that did not fatigue with repeated positioning). [jnnp.bmj.com]

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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 4

Her examination disclosed downbeat nystagmus on lateral gaze, prominent positional downbeat nystagmus, slurring of speech, and truncal and appendicular ataxia. [jnnp.bmj.com]

30 See the list below: Clinical features Age of onset - 42-76 years (mean is 52 y) Relatively pure, slowly progressing gait and appendicular ataxia Dysarthria Lower limb [emedicine.medscape.com]

Initial examination disclosed a central type of positional nystagmus (conjugate downbeat nystagmus that did not fatigue with repeated positioning). [jnnp.bmj.com]

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Early-Onset Cerebellar Ataxia

[…] progressive over weeks to months and stabilized within 6 months • The majority had both truncal and appendicular ataxia Brain (2003), 126, 1409 1418 66. [slideshare.net]

; EA2 with interictal nystagmus, is long-lasting (hours) associated with attacks of vertigo, diffuse weakness, slurred speech, dystonia, seizures, truncal and limb ataxia [neuroweb.us]

Clinical features of cerebellar disease  Ataxia (appendicular or axial)  Dysmetria  Dyssynergia  Dysdiadochokinesia  Rebound Phenomenon  Dysarthria  Tremor  Titubation [slideshare.net]

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Cerebellar Ataxia with Peripheral Neuropathy Type 2

30 See the list below: Clinical features Age of onset - 42-76 years (mean is 52 y) Relatively pure, slowly progressing gait and appendicular ataxia Dysarthria Lower limb [emedicine.medscape.com]

; EA2 with interictal nystagmus, is long-lasting (hours) associated with attacks of vertigo, diffuse weakness, slurred speech, dystonia, seizures, truncal and limb ataxia [neuroweb.us]

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Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome

Patient had severe truncal and appendicular ataxia, along with truncal and limb myoclonus. His myoclonic movements markedly increased on attempted movement. [ijo.in]

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Hereditary Cerebellar Degeneration

This is another indication of appendicular ataxia. Tests for Truncal Ataxia Truncal ataxia presents as an unsteady gait. [kenhub.com]

ataxia, dysarthria). [els.net]

ataxia). [6] These include: intention tremor (coarse trembling, accentuated over the execution of voluntary movements, possibly involving the head and eyes as well as the [en.wikipedia.org]

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Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Occlusion

ataxia. [imaios.com]

ataxia with contralesional loss of pain and temperature sensation. [imaios.com]

[…] portion of the vermis lower part of the medulla Stroke pattern: Common type of cerebellar stroke: headache, vertigo, nystagmus, ipsilateral axial lateropulsion, gait and appendicular [imaios.com]

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Cerebellar Stroke

[…] of patients demonstrating lethargy and 3% presenting with coma.1,6,7 Ninety percentage of patients with cerebellar infarction have localizing signs including truncal and appendicular [ahajournals.org]

ataxia, nystagmus, and dysarthria.8 Importantly, 71% of patients with isolated vertigo attributable to cerebellar infarction are unable to walk, and many also have direction-changing [ahajournals.org]

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Cerebellar Infarction

ataxia and dysarthria are also obvious signs of cerebellar dysfunction. [dusanpavlovic.com]

[…] patients demonstrating lethargy and 3% presenting with coma. 1, 6, 7 Ninety percentage of patients with cerebellar infarction have localizing signs including truncal and appendicular [stroke.ahajournals.org]

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