Ipsilateral putamen hyperintensity on T1-weighted MRI in non-ketotic hyperglycemia with hemiballism-hemichorea: a case report

Authors
Lin, JJ
Citation
Jj. Lin, Ipsilateral putamen hyperintensity on T1-weighted MRI in non-ketotic hyperglycemia with hemiballism-hemichorea: a case report, PARKINS R D, 7(4), 2001, pp. 319-321
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology
Journal title
PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
ISSN journal
13538020 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
319 - 321
Database
ISI
SICI code
1353-8020(200108)7:4<319:IPHOTM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Movement disorders are often caused by lesions in the contralateral basal g anglia. This report presents an elderly woman with hemiballism-hemichorea i nduced by non-ketotic hyperglycemia, whose brain CT revealed a hyperdense l esion over the ipsilateral putamen. Concomitantly, MR image revealed a puta minal hyperintensity on T1-weighted image and hypointensity on T2-weighted image. A followup brain CT 4 months after remission of the hyperkinesia rev ealed that the abnormal intensity had been completely resolved. (C) 2001 El sevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.