Medical experts use the term “cerebellar ataxia” when referring to conditions that lead to a lack of muscle control. Dysmetria is one form of cerebellar ataxia. Dysmetria occurs due to the ...

From the Neurosurgical Service at the Boston City Hospital. First read at the Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, September 30, 1933, at Boston, and subsequently at a meeting of ...

The cerebellum is part of the hindbrain that is located below the temporal and occipital lobes of the cerebral cortex. It consists of a thin, densely folded cerebellar cortex surrounding the deep ...

Delayed cerebral ischemia is a major predictor of poor outcomes in patients who suffer subarachnoid hemorrhage. Treatment options are limited and often ineffective despite many years of investigation ...

Cognitive evaluation revealed mild impairment in the frontal battery and significant decline in episodic memory (Table 1). On physical examination, the patient presented asymmetric cerebellar ataxia, ...

Background Middle meningeal artery (MMA) embolization results in fewer treatment failures than surgical evacuation for chronic subdural hematomas (cSDHs). We compared the total 1-year hospital cost ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Details are emerging about the disturbing conditions a young Chesterfield County woman with cerebral palsy was allegedly forced to live in up until her death in ...

Epidural hematomas are usually associated with a skull fracture. Subdural hematoma. Subdural hematomas occur when a blood clot forms underneath the skull and underneath the dura, but outside of the ...