Ataxic cerebral palsy

Description

Ataxic cerebral palsy is dominated by signs of cerebellar dysfunction, including hypotonia, ataxia, dysdiadochokinesis, dysmetria, dysarthria and nystagmus. Reflexes may be pendular, although there are often also signs of spasticity.

Index terms

Ataxic cerebral palsy
ataxia with cerebral palsy
ataxic cerebral paralysis

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cerebral infantile diataxia
congenital cerebral palsy with ataxia

Exclusions from above levels

8B44.0 – Hereditary spastic paraplegia
05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

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19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Sibling codes

8D20 – Spastic cerebral palsy
8D21 – Dyskinetic cerebral palsy
8D23 – Worster-Drought syndrome
8D2Y – Other specified cerebral palsy
8D2Z – Cerebral palsy, unspecified

Foundation entity

Ataxic cerebral palsy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1134558601

Part of: 08: Diseases of the nervous system