ISOLATED CEREBELLAR DYSARTHRIA ASSOCIATED WITH A HEAT-STROKE

Patients presenting with heat stroke may develop an acute pancerebella r syndrome. A patient presenting with an isolated cerebellar dysarthri a after a heat stroke is reported. Thr dysarthria lasted two weeks. An isolated cerebellar dysarthria has been previously described in lesio ns of the paravermal zone of rhs rostral cerebellum. It is suggested t hat this region of the cerebellum is particularly vulnerable to fever.