Hemichorea associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia in a female.
Case Reports
2012; 33(5): 489-492
PubMed PMID: 23090265
Citation
Keywords:
Basal Ganglia Diseases:diagnostic imaging, Chorea:diagnostic imaging, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2:complications, Female, Humans, Hyperglycinemia, Nonketotic:complications, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Middle Aged, Putamen:diagnostic imaging, Tomography, X-Ra.
: A case of a 61-year-old woman with hemichorea associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia is reported. The typical presentation of this disease is nonketotic hyperglycemia, hemichorea, hyper-intense signal on T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and high-density on computed tomography (CT) in the contralateral striatum. With good glycemic control, the clinical symptoms disappeared....
Citation
Song C, Yang X, Xing G, Zhao C. Hemichorea associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia in a female. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2012 Jan; 33(5): 489-492