title: Hemichorea-hemiballism with a diabetic patient.
abstract: Chorea and ballism are movement disorders that result from a variety of conditions. They are an uncommon manifestation of diabetes mellitus. We report a 52-year-old diabetic man who presented with acute onset chorea-ballism with a putaminal high-signal-intensity lesion on T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Korea University, College of Medicine, Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoo Hwan
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Korea University, College of Medicine, Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ju Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Korea University, College of Medicine, Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hung Youl
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Seok
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Korea University, College of Medicine, Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong-Beom
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Koh
keywords: Ballism; Chorea; Hyperglycemia