J Korean Diabetes.  2014 Dec;15(4):244-247. 10.4093/jkd.2014.15.4.244.

A Case of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Initially Presented as Monochorea Associated with Ketotic Hyperglycemia

• Lee SH
• Lee DW
• Lee YM
• Kim TK
• Kwon MJ
• Lee SH
• Park JH

• KMID: 2173872
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4093/jkd.2014.15.4.244

Abstract

Monoballismus-monochorea is abnormal neurologic sign characterized by continuous, involuntary and irregular movement involving one extremity. Hyperglycemic ballism-chorea is predominantly observed in older type 2 diabetic patients and non-ketotic hyperglycemia, and is associated with contralateral striatal hyperintensities (i.e., putamen and caudate) on both brain CT and MRI. Movement disorders as the initial symptoms of diabetes mellitus are rare, especially in ketotic hyperglycemia. Here, we report one of these rare manifestations of transient monoballismus with during an episode of ketotic hyperglycemia without contralateral striatal abnormal findings on brain MRI in newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus.

Keyword

Dyskinesia; Hyperglycemia; Ketosis

MeSH Terms

Brain
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2*
Dyskinesias
Extremities
Humans
Hyperglycemia*
Ketosis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Movement Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Putamen

Figure

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  Fig. 1. There is no abnormal signal change in bilateral striatum on magnetic resonance imaging.

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