... movements, including chorea and ballismus, usually associated with brain lesions in the basal ganglia. We report a case of hemichorea-hemiballismus (HCHB) syndrome that developed after a severe hypoglycemic episode in a 71-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus. Uncommonly, brain MRI...

...Yosuke Aiba; Ryuji Sakakibara; Tsuyoshi Ogata; Fuyuki Tateno We report a case of a 74-year-old Japanese woman who, after left thalamic infarction, developed right hemichorea and its neglect. This rare finding was associated with ipsi- and contralateral brain perfusion changes, presumably reflecting...

.... Conclusion: Although generally considered to be fully reversible, this case demonstrates that diabetic striatopathy can result in permanent structural lesions with persistent symptoms if left untreated. Hemichorea Caudate atrophy Diabetic striatopathy Magnetic resonance imaging A 57-year-old right...

...Yumiko Kaseda; Takemori Yamawaki; Junko Ikeda; Miwa Hayata; Eisuke Dohi; Tomohiko Ohshita; Kazuhide Ochi; Eiichi Nomura; Masayasu Matsumoto Diabetic hemichorea-hemiballism with non-ketotic hyperglycemia is usually a benign syndrome. Here, we report a 78-year-old woman with persistent hemichorea (HC...