title: Transient ischemic attacks presenting as hemiballism.
abstract: Hemiballism is continuous, nonpatterned involuntary movement characterized by irregular, coarse, flinging movement involving the limbs on one side. Hemiballism is most commonly caused by stroke. However, very rarely a transient ischemic attack (TIA) presents as hemiballism. We describe 2 such patients with hemiballism presenting as TIA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea. jwkim@mail.donga.ac.kr
authors.forename: Jae Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seoung-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Wook-Joo
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang-Myung
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chun
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020820:Dyskinesias / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014743:Videotape Recording