Crossed cerebellar diaschisis MRI

Crossed cerebellar diaschisis

Refers to a depression in function, metabolism and perfusion affecting the cerebellar hemisphere as a result of contralateral supratentorial lesion.
This disturbance occures in a portion of the brain at a distance from the original site of injury but connected via white matter tracts.
Initially this phenomenon was defined as being caused by an acute lesion but now considered being related to a lesion of any temporal duration.
Other than neurological deficits and clinical features associated with the contralateral supratentorial lesion, this condition is generally asymptomatic.
This is a well-recognised phenomenon following cerebral infarction, although it can be a sequela of any significant supratentorial lesion like tumours, intracerebral haemorrhage, encephalitis , Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome, Radiation necrosis etc.
There is no treatment for this phenomenon other than management of the supratentorial insult and prevention of further insults.

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