Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome (CCAS): clinical features

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome (CCAS): clinical features. Executive function, Visuospatial cognition. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Cognitive impairments

  • Executive function
  • Visuospatial cognition
  • Language
  • Working memory
  • Attentional control
  • Planning
  • Set shifting
  • Verbal fluency
  • Abstract reasoning
  • Visual memory
  • Logical sequencing

Affective impairments

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Cerebellar motor features

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Clinical signs

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Assessment scales

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Treatment

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Synonym

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References

  1. Argyropoulos GPD, van Dun K, Adamaszek M, et al. The cerebellar cognitive affective/Schmahmann syndrome: a task force paper. Cerebellum 2020; 19:102-125.
  2. Verhoeven WM, Egger JI, Ahmed AI, Kremer BP, Vermeer S, van de Warrenburg BP. Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome and autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of charlevoix-saguenay: a report of two male sibs. Psychopathology 2012; 45:193-199.
  3. Ahmadian N, van Baarsen K, van Zandvoort M, Robe PA. The cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome-a meta-analysis. Cerebellum 2019; 18:941-950.
  4. Hoche F, Guell X, Vangel MG, Sherman JC, Schmahmann JD. The cerebellar cognitive affective/Schmahmann syndrome scale. Brain 2018; 141:248-270.
  5. Maeshima S, Osawa A. Stroke rehabilitation in a patient with cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome. Brain Inj 2007; 21:877-883.
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