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The potential causes of cerebellar atrophy were diffuse cerebellar ischemia from chronic compression of small vessels (the most mentioned speculative cause), chronic raised intracranial pressure due to CSF block, chronic venous hypertension, and association with platybasia with ventral compression of the brainstem resulting in injury of the inferior olivary nuclei leading to mutual trophic effects in the cerebellum. Additionally, it is not impossible to rule out a degenerative cause for cerebellar atrophy without a causative reason.  CONCLUSIONS  Severe cerebellar atrophy is found in some patients with CM. Although chronic ischemia due to compression is the most presumed cause, other etiologies were proposed. The real reasons for cerebellar degeneration are not known. 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