MRI in non ketotic hyperglycaemia with hemichorea hemiballismus syndrome

Hemichorea hemiballismus is a rare manifestation seen in diabetic patients. MRI in these patients shows characteristic findings with T1w hyperintensity in striatum. We present a case of 60 year old female showing classical clinical and MRI features.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vikas Bhatia, Sanjiv Sharma, Shikha Sood, Prashant Panda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
MRI
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378603X14000722