[Hemiballism-hemichorea with non-ketotic hyperglycemia: movement disorder related to diabetes mellitus].
Diabetes mellitus, especially when not under control, can lead to several neurological complications being the development of involuntary movements one of the rarest presentations. Nonketotic hyperglycemia in aged patients who present with ballismus-chorea movements and cerebral image alterations in computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance constitute a syndrome of recent characterization and few cases in literature. We present a case of a 75 year-old male patient admitted with history of hemiballismus-hemichorea movements, hyperglycemia, glycated hemoglobin of 14.4% and CT with a hyperdense area in the topography of the right basal ganglia. After glycemic control, the neurological signs resolved completely and the initial hyperdense lesion disappeared.
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Viviane Flumignan
VF
Zétola
Bruno
B
Verschoor
Fernando M
FM
Lima
Francisco E
FE
Ottmann
Eloisa
E
Doubrawa
Eduardo
E
Paiva
Maurício de
Md
Carvalho
Hélio A G
HA
Teive
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002819:Chorea / Q000473:pathology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000150:complications*; D020820:Dyskinesias / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male