Journal of Clinical & Medical Case Reports

Case Report

A Case of Hyperglycemic Hemichorea and Review of the Literature

Wu Q, Wang J, Shen T, Huang Y, Xiong K, Zhou X, and Luo W*

Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, China
Address for Correspondence: Weifeng Luo, Department of Neurology and Clinical Research Center of Neurological Disease the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, China E-mail Id: lwfwxx@126.com
Submission: 22 August, 2023 Accepted: 01 January, 2024 Published: 15 January, 2024
Copyright: © 2024 Wu Q, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Hemichorea; Hyperglycemia; Ballism

Abstract

Chorea is a kind of movement disorders result from many conditions. Hyperglycemic hemichoreais a one of them which can be seen patients with type 2 diabetes in long-term poor glycemic control. In this case, we reported a 58-year-old woman who presented with involuntary movements of left limbs. Her MRI can see hyper intensity in T1. After hypoglycemic therapy, she symptom of hemichorea got reverse to some extent. This case is relatively rare in clinic. We reviewed the clinical cases and discussed the possible mechanism.