title: Hemichorea associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia in a female.
abstract: A case of a 61-year-old woman with hemichorea associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia is reported. The typical presentation of this disease is nonketotic hyperglycemia, hemichorea, hyper-intense signal on T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and high-density on computed tomography (CT) in the contralateral striatum. With good glycemic control, the clinical symptoms disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, China. cszhao@mail.cmu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Cheng-guang
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Gui-hong
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Chuan-sheng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002819:Chorea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020158:Hyperglycinemia, Nonketotic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011699:Putamen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed