Paraballism caused by bilateral hemorrhagic infarction in basal ganglia.
Bilateral ballism developed gradually in a 75-year-old woman after head trauma. Computerized tomography revealed bilateral hemorrhagic infarction in the head of the caudate nucleus and the putamen. Haloperidol abolished the symptoms completely within 2 days. After 18 days, haloperidol was gradually withdrawal over 16 days. The patient remained without ballistic movements thereafter.
D000368:Aged; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002421:Caudate Nucleus; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011699:Putamen; D011859:Radiography
D006220:Haloperidol