Chorea-ballism as a manifestation of decompensated type 2 diabetes mellitus

Am J Med Sci. 2007 Mar;333(3):175-7. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3180318e34.

Abstract

Chorea and ballism are movement disorders that result from a variety of conditions. Hyperglycemia is an unusual recognized cause of these movement disorders. We report 3 cases of new-onset chorea-ballism induced by nonketotic hyperglycemia in elderly patients, highlighting that chorea may be the first manifestation of undiagnosed decompensated diabetes mellitus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Chorea / etiology*
  • Chorea / pathology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / physiopathology*
  • Dyskinesias / etiology*
  • Dyskinesias / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperglycemia / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Putamen / pathology