HEMIBALLISMUS DUE TO AN IPSILATERAL STRIATAL HEMORRHAGE - AN UNUSUAL LOCALIZATION

Authors
BORGOHAIN R SINGH AK THADANI R ANJANEYULU A MOHANDAS S
Citation
R. Borgohain et al., HEMIBALLISMUS DUE TO AN IPSILATERAL STRIATAL HEMORRHAGE - AN UNUSUAL LOCALIZATION, Journal of the neurological sciences, 130(1), 1995, pp. 22-24
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Journal of the neurological sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022510X
Volume
130
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
22 - 24
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-510X(1995)130:1<22:HDTAIS>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Hemiballismus has been correlated clinico-anatomically with lesions of the contralateral side, most commonly of the subthalamic nucleus. Hem iballismus due to an ipsilateral lesion is extremely rare. We report t he case of a 55 year old female who developed a right sided hemiballis mus due to a right striatal haemorrhage, which simultaneously caused a left hemiplegia. The hemiballismus subsided on treatment with dopamin e-blockers over the next two weeks.