Arteri Cerebellar: Presenter: Dr. Andre Lona Moderator: Dr. Iskandar Nasution, SP.S, FINS
Arteri Cerebellar: Presenter: Dr. Andre Lona Moderator: Dr. Iskandar Nasution, SP.S, FINS
Arteri Cerebellar: Presenter: Dr. Andre Lona Moderator: Dr. Iskandar Nasution, SP.S, FINS
Arteri Cerebellar
• Segments
• prepontine segment
• ambient segment
• quadrigeminal segment
Cabang SCA
Perforating branchespons
• midbrain
• inferior colliculus
Lateral (marginal) cabang cabang terbesar SCA
• biasanya muncul dari segmen ambien
• berjalan posterior di wilayah celah
interhemispheric
• mengeluarkan cabang-cabang hemisferik yang
tentu saja paling atas di atas belahan serebelum
superior
Cabang SCA
Cabang hemisfer
• Timbul dari cabang lateral (marginal) dan dari
SCA distal ke asal cabang lateral juga dari
segmen ambienSupplies dentate nucleus
• Vermis superior
• Lobulus quadrigeminal medial
• Lobus semilunar superior
Cabang SCA
Vermian superior
• Cabang terminal dari SCA
• Anastomose dengan cabang vermia inferior
dari PICA
Clinical significance of SCA
SCA infarct includes the entire superior aspect of the cerebellar hemisphere, the ipsilateral
superior vermis, and variable amounts of the deep white matter. Most of the dentate nuclei are
also involved.
Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Arteri
(AICA)
• The anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) is
one of three blood vessels that provide arterial
blood supply to the cerebellum. The number of
networks supplied by AICA is a variable (AICA-
PICA dominance) but usually includes:
• middle cerebellar peduncle
• inferolateral part of the punch
• flocculus
• anteroinferior surface of the cerebellum
AICA
anterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome
The AICA syndrome is usually accompanied by vertigo and unilateral ipsilateral
deafness from labyrinthine artery ischemia, ipsilateral facial weakness and ataxia. It is
the second most common brainstem stroke, after PICA stroke. The distribution of the
classical AlCA infarction involves the lateroinferior pons; middle cerebellar peduncle;
flocculus; and a small portion of the anterior, medial, and inferior aspects of the
cerebellar hemisphere. The extent of this stroke is extremely variable. S/S: fluctuating
hearing, tinnitus, vertigo. Bilaterality of hearing fluctuation suggests a vascular cause.
POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR
ARTERY (PICA)
• Posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) is one
of the three vessels that provide arterial supply to
the cerebellum. It is the most variable and
tortuous cerebellar artery.
• Segments :
• anterior medullary segment
• lateral medullary segment
• posterior medullary segment
• supratonsillar segment
Branch of PICA
• anterior and lateral medullary segments
– small perforating medullary branches (absent in
50%)
• supratonsillar segment
– tonsillohemispheric branch
– inferior vermian branch
• Note: occasionally a small vertebral will
terminate into a common PICA/AICA trunk.
• Supply
Has a variable territory depending on the size of
the AICA (AICA-PICA dominance). Typically it
supplies:
• posteroinferior cerebellar hemispheres (up to the
great horizontal fissure)
– cerebellar tonsils: 85% of the time
– biventral lobule: 80%
– nucleus gracilis: 85%
– superior semilunar lobule: 50%
• inferior portion of the vermis
• lower part of the medulla: 50%
• inferior cerebellar peduncles
PICA INFARCT
Clinical presentation
(PICA INFARCT)
• Vertigo, nausea and truncal ataxia are the
most common presenting features. Signs of
a lateral medullary syndrome may coexist in
~30%
Differential diagnosis for PICA
MRI at acute presentation
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