Resolution of hemiballism after carotid endarterectomy: case report.
A 74-year-old man presented with a 3-week history of involuntary left-sided upper and lower extremity shaking without any focal neurologic deficit. Bilateral carotid artery duplex demonstrated severe stenosis of the right internal carotid artery and moderate stenosis of the left internal carotid artery. A right carotid endarterectomy was performed without complications and resulted in elimination of the left-sided involuntary movements postoperatively.
Mohebati
Arash
A
Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08903-0019, USA. mohebaar@umdnj.edu
Brevetti
Lucy S
LS
Graham
Alan M
AM
D000368:Aged; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D020820:Dyskinesias / Q000209:etiology*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male