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Toshio Moritani MD, PhD, Akio Hiwatashi MD, Henry Z Wang MD, PhD,
Yuji Numaguchi, MD, PhD, Leena Ketonen MD, PhD,
Sven E Ekholm MD, PhD, Per-Lennart A Westesson MD, PhD, DDS
Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of
Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester NY
E-mail: moritani2001@yahoo.com
Introduction
Anatomy
Conclusion
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Figure Legends
Figure 3. An infarct in the inferior cerebellar peduncle. 57-year-old man with ataxia
and diplopia.
A, B. T2WI and DWI show a hyperintense lesion, representing an acute infarct in the right
middle cerebellar peduncle.
Figure 4. infarcts involving the superior cerebellar peduncle. 58-year-old man with
loss of consciousness.
A, B. FLAIR image and DWI show hyperintensity lesions in the left cerebellar hemisphere, and
the midbrain including the left superior cerebellar peduncle.
Figure 5. Bilateral infarcts in the middle cerebellar peduncle. 80-year-old man with
ataxia and vertigo.
A,B. T2WI and DWI at 24 hrs after onset clearly reveal homogenous round hyperintensity
areas representing acute infarcts in the bilateral middle cerebellar peduncles and both
cerebellar hemispheres.
Figure 7. CPM. 50-year-old female presenting with loss of consciousness after rapid
correction of hyponatremia.
A. B. T2WI shows a hyperintense lesion in the central pons representing CPM. T2WI also
shows symmetrical round lesions in the bilateral middle cerebellar peduncles (red arrows).
These lesions maybe due to myelinolysis itself or secondary degeneration.
Figure 10. Crossed cerebellar diaschisis. 27-year-old male, presenting with status
epilepticus. He has a history of recurrent generalized seizures.
A. FLAIR image shows hyperintensity lesions in the right cerebellar hemisphere (red arrows)
and contralateral diffuse cerebral hyperintensity associated with status epilepticus.
B, C. FLAIR images at the level of the brain stem show a hyperintense lesion in the right
superior cerebellar peduncle (red arrows). These findings suggest that crossed cerebellar
diaschisis of this case is related to retrograde transneuronal degeneration through the
cerebello-rubro-thalamic tract.
Figure 11. Crossed cerebellar atrophy. 19-year-old female. She had a history of
recurrent seizures and perinatal intracranial hemorrhage.
A. T2WI shows right cerebral atrophy with ventricular dilatation representing a sequela of
perinatal intracranial hemorrhage.
B. T2WI through the posterior fossa shows atrophy of the contralateral cerebellar middle
cerebellar peduncle (blue arrow) and hemisphere. Wallerian degeneration of ipsilateral brain
stem is also seen (red arrow).
Figure 14. MS. 40-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis, presenting with speech
disturbance and ataxia.
A, B. T2WI shows multiple asymmetric hyper-intense lesions in the pons, middle cerebellar
peduncles (red arrows) cerebellar hemispheres, and in the deep white matter, which is
characteristic of MS.
Figure 15. MS. 57-year-old man presenting with speech disturbance and ataxia.
A, B. T2WI and FLAIR image shows hyperintense lesions in the pons, and inferior cerebellar
peduncles (red arrows), and in the callosomarginal interface in the deep white matter, which is
characteristic of MS.
C, D. Hyperintense lesions are also seen in the midbrain, and the superior cerebellar peduncle
(red arrows).
Figure 16. PML. 25-year-old man presenting with right-sided weakness and headache.
He has had a history of HIV infection.
A. T2WI shows an isolated hyperintense lesion in the right middle cerebellar peduncle
extending into the cerebellar hemisphere.
B. Gd-enhanced T1WI shows this lesion as hypointensity with no enhancement.
Figure 17. Low grade astrocytoma. 4-year-old boy presenting with autism.
A, B. A mass lesion is located in the ventricular portion to the cerebellar portion of the left
middle cerebellar peduncle. It is high signal on T2WI and low signal on T1WI and with no
enhancement (not shown). This lesion can be removable by surgery.
Figure 18. Acoustic schwannoma. 17-year-old female presenting with hearing loss
and progressive ataxia.
A, B. Axial T2WI and sagittal T1WI show an extra-axial cerebellopontine angle mass lesion
which deviates the left middle cerebellar peduncle posteriorly and superiorly (red arrows).
Figure 20. DAI. 29-year-old woman with DAI, presenting with loss of consciousness
after motor vehicle accident.
A. FLAIR image shows a hyperintense lesion in the left middle cerebellar peduncle to
cerebellar hemisphere due to DAI.
B. DWI shows hyperintense lesions in the corpus callosum and bilateral internal capsules,
which is typical findings of DAI.