Exaggerated crying and tremor with a cerebellar cyst.
The authors describe clinical, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging findings in a 70-year-old man with a cystic lesion in the midline cerebellum. He presented with pathological crying in parallel to a worsening of his ataxia. This report suggests a role for the cerebellum in the regulation of emotional expression.
Parvizi
Josef
J
Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA. jparvizi@bidmc.harvard.edu
Schiffer
Randolph
R
D000368:Aged; D001259:Ataxia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D003448:Crying / Q000523:psychology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014202:Tremor / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*