title: [Bilateral asymmetric degeneration of the striatum as a cause of senile hemiballism].
abstract: We report the case of an 82-years old woman with sporadic acute hemiballism associated with bilateral striatal degeneration of non vascular origin which was most severe in the side contralateral to the hemiballism. The patient's neuropathological lesions resembled those of patients with senile chorea. Although hemiballism has never been described as an isolated manifestation of primary degeneration of the striatum, it may so occur in elderly patients with hemiballism.
authors.affiliation: Servei de Neurología, Hospital Prínceps d'Espanya, Barcelona.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calopa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Villanueva
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Obeso
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002819:Chorea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Degeneración bilateral y asimétrica del estriado como causa de hemibalismo senil.