title: Hemiballismus in patient with blastic phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: The authors report the clinical course and neuropathological findings in the case of hemiballismus due to leukemic infiltration of the subthalamic nucleus. The symptoms were observed in a 19-year-old patient with blastic phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia, two weeks before death, when what is called the "critical point" developed (white cell count beyond 100 G/l and thrombocytopenia less than 50 G/l). The investigation are considered to confirm the role of the "critical point" in the development of central nervous system leukemic complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Szczecin, Poland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nowacki
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zdziarska
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zyluk
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jankowska-Kurek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D001752:Blast Crisis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D005116:Extrapyramidal Tracts / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D015466:Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D017254:Leukemic Infiltration; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome