A CASE OF ALTERED SENSORIUM WITH MOVEMENT DISORDER
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 92
Abstract
PRESENTATION OF CASE Hemichorea generally occurs due to stroke, neoplasm or granuloma in the contralateral basal ganglia.(1) Metabolic derangements especially hyperglycaemia can also cause focal neurological dysfunction like hemiparesis, focal seizure.(2,3) Recently there have been case reports of hemichorea reported due to nonketotic hyperglycaemia with characteristic MRI findings predominantly in the Asian population.(4) This case is being presented to highlight the aspects pertaining to the clinical and neuroradiological diagnosis of hemichorea associated with nonketotic hyperglycaemia.
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Basith Ahamed N. M, Senthil N, Santhosh Kumar P
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