Babinsky Cerebellar Catalepsy

Babinski cerebellar catalepsy is also called transient cerebellar ataxia (or bilateral extrapyramidal hyperkinesia). It is characterized by the sudden onset of dizziness, unsteadiness of gait, instability, muscle hypotonia, paresis or paralysis of the muscular system with the development of bilateral cerebellar dystonia in the form of plagio- and axial ataxia, intention tremor, and impaired coordination of individual movements. The duration of the attack is from several minutes to several hours, but in half of the patients it lasts for weeks or even months. After some time, the next paroxysmal attack may occur. Symptoms sometimes appear in a large set, as with simple vascular vertigo. Diagnosis is based on the characteristics and typicality of paroxysms and their frequency, as well as on the characteristic results of functional tests. It is necessary to exclude organic cerebellar pathology and conduct topical diagnostics from a trance state.

It is estimated that the prevalence of BM