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Hemiballism in multiple sclerosis
Author(s) -
Riley David,
Lang Anthony E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.870030111
Subject(s) - multiple sclerosis , magnetic resonance imaging , subthalamic nucleus , movement disorders , medicine , documentation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pathology , radiology , deep brain stimulation , psychiatry , computer science , parkinson's disease , disease , programming language
Hemiballism has rarely been reported in the setting of multiple sclerosis. Review of clinical descriptions cast some doubt on the accuracy of the diagnosis of the movement disorder in several previous cases. We report a patient with definite multiple sclerosis, with videotape documentation of hemiballism, and demonstration of a plaque in the contralateral subthalamic nucleus on a magnetic resonance image.