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Hypoglycemia-induced hemichorea in a patient with Fahr's syndrome
George P Paraskevas1, George S Vlachos, Sophia Vassilopoulou
11st Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, National University of Athens, 72-74 Vassilissis Sophias Ave., 11528, Athens, Greece. geoprskvs44@gmail.com
Abstract:
Non-ketotic hyperglycemia may be a cause of hemiballism-hemichorea. We present an elderly female type II diabetic patient with right-sided hemiballism-hemichorea of acute onset during hypoglycemia following insulin overtreatment of non-ketotic hyperglycemia. Brain computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed characteristic hyperdensity and T1 hyperintensity, respectively, in the left basal ganglia, in addition to pallido-dentate calcifications, suggestive of Fahr's syndrome. Although extremely rare, hypoglycemia may be a cause of hemiballism-hemichorea especially in the presence of predisposing factors such as previous hyperglycemic episodes and Fahr's syndrome.
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