Open AccessKetotic hyperglycemia with movement disorder
Author(s) -
Disha Awasthi,
Akhilesh Kumar Tiwari,
Abhinav Upadhyaya,
Balwinder Singh,
Gaurav Singh Tomar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.93095
Subject(s) - chorea , medicine , ketosis , pediatrics , movement disorders , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , diabetic ketoacidosis , endocrinology , disease
Chorea, hemichorea-hemiballismus and severe partial seizures may be the presenting features of nonketotic hyperglycemia in older adults with type 2 diabetes, but cases in young adults with type 1 diabetes are rare. We hereby report a very rare case of diabetic ketosis with movement disorder in a young patient.