Cerebellar infarcts in the New England Medical Center Posterior Circulation Stroke Registry

• DOI: 10.1212/wnl.44.8.1385
• Publication Date: 2012-05-13T13:12:25Z
• Authors: C. J. Chaves; L. R. Caplan; C.-S. Chung; J. Tapia; P. Amarenco; P. Teal; R. Wityk; C. Estol; B. Tettenborn; A. Rosengart; K. Vemmos; L. D. DeWitt; M. S. Pessin
• Keywords: Stroke; Dysarthria

We report the clinical findings and stroke mechanisms of 63 patients with cerebellar infarcts. divided intracranial vertebrobasilar circulation into proximal territory (P), fed by vertebral arteries their branches; middle (M), basilar artery its distal (D), rostral branches. Cerebellar infarcts were classified vascular territories P, M, D, P&D, middle-plus (P&M, M&D, P&M&D). Patients P (11 patients) frequently had vertigo, gait instability, limb ataxia, headache, whereas D (15 most often dysarthria. P&D (17 signs symptoms both groups combined. Infarcts in which was involved, either alone (three or combined other dominated brainstem symptoms. The predominant embolic due to intra-arterial cardiac embolism. When M territories, more varied, there large-artery occlusion hemodynamic ischemia.