Radiological and pathological changes in hemiballism-hemichorea with striatal hyperintensity.
We report CT and MRI findings in a 50-year-old African-American woman with hemichorea-hemiballism (HCHB) and hyperglycemia with striatal hyperintensity. Histopathologic findings following autopsy are also described, and possible explanations for the MR findings of this unique syndrome are presented.
Nath
Jaya
J
Department of Radiology, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA. Jnath@downstate.edu
Jambhekar
Kedar
K
Rao
Chandrakanth
C
Armitano
Erik
E
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002819:Chorea / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D020820:Dyskinesias / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome