Recurrent hemichorea in a patient with diabetes and anti-phospholipid syndrome: a case report  

作　　者：Dong-Mei Wang Shuang Su Zhen-Zhou Lin Lin-Yan Lai Yong-Ming Wu Sheng-Nan Wang 

机构地区：[1]Department of Neurology,Nanfang Hospital,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou,Guangdong 510515,China [2]Department of Geratology,Nanfang Hospital,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou,Guangdong 510515,China

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2020年第6期753-755,共3页中华医学杂志（英文版）

基　　金：The study was supported by a grant from the President Fund of Nanfang Hospital(No.2019B007).

摘　　要：To the Editor:Many diseases present with chorea,such as cerebrovascular disease,diabetes mellitus,and systemic autoimmune disorder.The differential diagnosis for chorea is complicated,with many other rarer causes of chorea.Hemichorea is a type of chorea with unilateral involuntary movements.Hemichorea associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia and high-signal-intensity lesions on T1-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)is recognized as diabetic striatopathy(DS).[1] The movement disorder and imaging abnormalities typically resolve with the treatment of hyperglycemia.

关 键 词：DIABETES diagnosis DISEASES 

分 类 号：R587.1[医药卫生—内分泌]