To the Editor:Many diseases present with chorea,such as cerebrovascular disease,diabetes mellitus,and systemic autoimmune disorder.The differential diagnosis for chorea is complicated,with many other rarer causes of c...To the Editor:Many diseases present with chorea,such as cerebrovascular disease,diabetes mellitus,and systemic autoimmune disorder.The differential diagnosis for chorea is complicated,with many other rarer causes of chorea.Hemichorea is a type of chorea with unilateral involuntary movements.Hemichorea associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia and high-signal-intensity lesions on T1-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)is recognized as diabetic striatopathy(DS).[1] The movement disorder and imaging abnormalities typically resolve with the treatment of hyperglycemia.展开更多
基金The study was supported by a grant from the President Fund of Nanfang Hospital(No.2019B007).
文摘To the Editor:Many diseases present with chorea,such as cerebrovascular disease,diabetes mellitus,and systemic autoimmune disorder.The differential diagnosis for chorea is complicated,with many other rarer causes of chorea.Hemichorea is a type of chorea with unilateral involuntary movements.Hemichorea associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia and high-signal-intensity lesions on T1-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)is recognized as diabetic striatopathy(DS).[1] The movement disorder and imaging abnormalities typically resolve with the treatment of hyperglycemia.
