Deep Brain Stimulation responsive Hemichorea-Hemiballism
Objective: We present challenges in treatment in a young patient with severe unilateral post-stroke hemichorea-hemiballism in addition to a cerebellar outflow tract tremor affecting his…Non-Ketotic Hyperglycemic Hemichorea as an initial manifestation of type 2 diabetes
Objective: To diagnose and characterize Non-ketotic Hyperglycemic Hemichorea as a first symptom of type 2 Diabetes using phenomenology and imaging Background: Non-Ketotic Hyperglycemic Hemichorea is…Treatment of hemichorea-hemiballism with valbenazine
Objective: To describe a video-case report of hemichorea-hemiballism improved by valbenazine therapy Background: Hemichorea-hemiballism (HCHB) is an uncommon movement disorder with numerous etiologies including structural…Acute Medically Refractory Hemichorea-Hemiballismus Treated by Unilateral Pallidotomy: A Case Report
Objective: To describe the case of a 31-year-old man with partially treated cryptococcal meningitis complicated by acute hemiballismus treated with unilateral radiofrequency pallidotomy. Background: Hemiballismus has classically been described as a result of vascular or metabolic insults to…Hemiballismus-hemichorea due to ischemic stroke
Objective: Describe an unsual cause of movements disorders . Background: Hemiballismus-hemichorea is a rare and debilitating presentation of subcortical stroke. Method: We describe a case…Subthalamic Nucleus of Luys: A review. What has evolved since 1865?
Objective: The review provides detailed material about the Subthalamic Nucleus of Luys, including pathophisiolgy, hystorical notes about Luys, embryology, anatomy, principal afferents and efferents pathways, as…Hemiballismus as single manifestation of nonketotic hyperglycemia in elderly
Objective: To describe an elderly patient with the rare manifestation of hyperglycemia in new onset diabetes mellitus. Background: The most common cause of new-onset hemibody…Hemiballism secondary to a frontal cortical lesion
Objective: We report a 75- year-old man with unilateral frontal stroke lesion whose initial and predominant manifestation was hemiballism. Background: Ballism is a very rare…Two cases of hemichorea-hemiballism in nonketotic hyperglycemia
Objective: We describe two cases of Hemichorea-Hemiballism (HCHB) associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia. Background: HCHB is defined as continuous, non-patterned, and involuntary movement involving one side…Vascular hemiballismus due to a lentiform nucleus infarct
Objective: The aim of this study is to present a case of right hemiballism due to an ischemia located in the left lentiform nucleus. Background:…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.