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.