Two cases of hemiballism-hemichorea with T1-weighted MR image hyperintensities in patients with hyperglycemia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1280-1285

  Ohmori, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Hirashima, Kimihira ^c   Ishihara, Daijiro ^a   Maeda, Yasushi ^a   Hirano, Teruyuki ^a   Uyama, Eiichiro ^a   Uchino, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamaga Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^c Tamana Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemiballism hemichorea (HB HC); Hyperglycemia; Pimozide; Single photon emision computed tomography (SPECT); T1 WI hyperintensity; Z score imaging system (eZis)

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ETIZOLAM; HALOPERIDOL; INSULIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PIMOZIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEMIBALLISM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIMB PAIN; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRIATE CORTEX; Z SCORE IMAGING SYSTEM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHOREA; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31444438302     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.1280     Document Type: Article

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