Acute cerebellitis with ocular flutter and truncal ataxia: a case report

This report entails a case of acute cerebellitis manifested with ocular flutter and truncal ataxia on a 24-year-old man. He became dizzy and unsteady beginning October 7, 1991. Transient horizontal to-and-fro movement of objects while gazing, and prominent gastrointestinal tract symptoms were also present. A neurological examination showed ocular flutter and truncal ataxia. Cerebrospinal fluid studies showed mild lymphocytic pleocytosis. Computed tomogram and magnetic resonance imaging of the head were normal. Electronystagmography showed typical ocular flutter in various eye positions. The ocular flutter and truncal ataxia subsided gradually and disappeared completely after October 28th.