Causes in later life
The causes of spastic and ataxic paraparesis in later life include:
- multiple sclerosis
- infarction in the internal capsule or the upper pons causing an ataxic hemiparesis
- syringomyelia
- lesion at the craniospinal junction, e.g. tumour
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