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…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…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…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.