Open AccessHyperglycaemic chorea-ballism or unmasking of Huntington’s chorea in a patient with diabetes
Author(s) -
Anudeep Yelam,
Elanagan Nagarajan,
Lakshmi Digala,
Pradeep C. Bollu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2019-232726
Subject(s) - chorea , medicine , huntington's disease , movement disorders , basal ganglia , choreiform movement , disease , pathology , parkinson's disease , central nervous system , dyskinesia
Chorea-ballism is a neurological syndrome characterised by violent involuntary movements of one or both extremities. In the last decades, several patients with these involuntary movements were reported in association with hyperglycaemia. Here, we present a unique case of possible Huntington's disease, which could have been unmasked by the hyperglycaemic insult to the basal ganglia in a 64-year-old man who presented with chorea-ballism.