Hemiballism: report of eight cases

被引：6

作者：

Coral, P ^{[1
]}

Teive, HAG ^{[1
]}

Werneck, LC ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Fed Parana, Hosp Clin, Serv Neurol, Setor Disturbios Movimento, BR-80060000 Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

来源：

ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA | 2000年 / 58卷 / 3A期

关键词：

hemiballism; diabetes mellitus; stroke;

D O I：

10.1590/S0004-282X2000000400016

中图分类号：

Q189 [神经科学];

学科分类号：

071006 ;

摘要：

We report eight cases of hemiballism. Six patients had diabetes mellitus one patient presented with porencephaly after cranial trauma and one patient had a HIV-associated fungic granuloma (cryptococcus). In the diabetic group three patients had non-ketotic hyperglycemia; two of them with striatal hemorrhage, and the remaining three presented with an ischemic stroke. Hemichorea occurred in 75% of our patients, predominantly in the right side of the body. Six patients had good improvement with treatment with haloperidol and two patients had to undergo a thalamotomy, one of them with good results. In our series of eight patients with hemiballismus we observed an association with diabetes mellitus and stroke, and good clinical improvement.

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页码：698 / 703

页数：6