Hemichorea-hemiballism with a diabetic patient

J Mov Disord. 2010 May;3(1):20-1. doi: 10.14802/jmd.10006. Epub 2010 Apr 30.

Abstract

Chorea and ballism are movement disorders that result from a variety of conditions. They are an uncommon manifestation of diabetes mellitus. We report a 52-year-old diabetic man who presented with acute onset chorea-ballism with a putaminal high-signal-intensity lesion on T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Keywords: Ballism; Chorea; Hyperglycemia.