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Superior cerebellar degeneration, sagittal midline section of cerebellum

Last updated on Thursday, March 26 2009 by gliageek

Superior cerebellar degeneration, sagittal midline section of cerebellum

Degeneration of the superior cerebellar vermis is classically seen as a manifestation of chronic alcohol use, but may also be seen in other defects in energy metabolism

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Normal Cerebellum

Normal Cerebellum
For comparison, this is what normal cerebellum should look like.

Alcoholic Cerebellar Degeneration with arrow

Alcoholic Cerebellar Degeneration with arrow
This is an example of how the cerebellum atrophies in patients with a history of chronic alcohol use. The dark areas in between the folia represent space which is not present in young, healthy cerebellum. The unnecessarily large red arrow points to one of these spaces...

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