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Movement Disorders - Ballism

“chorea that affects proximal joints such as shoulder or hip” Mov Disord Society, 2011

- Freq causes: vascular and metabolic

- Good response to antipsychotics, usually self-limiting

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First report

In 1927 James Purdon Martin
Hemichorea resulting from a local lesion of the brain

doi.org/10.1093/brain/…

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Hemichorea-hemiballismus: nonketotic hyperglycemia

doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b… via: Neurology

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Hemiballismus: parietal lobe infarction

doi.org/10.7759/cureus… via: Cureus

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Hemichorea-hemiballismus: nonketotic hyperglycemia

doi.org/10.14802%2Fjmd… via: Journal of Movement Disorders

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Hemiballismus: Lacunar infarct in the right centrum semiovale

doi.org/10.4103%2Faian… via: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

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Bilateral chorea–ballism: hyperthyroidism

doi.org/10.1002/mds.20… via: Movement Disorders

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Hemichorea-hemiballismus: vaccine-Induced

doi.org/10.5334%2Ftohm… via: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

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Hemichorea-hemiballismus: nonketotic hyperglycemia

doi.org/10.1002/mds.21… via: Movement Disorders

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Hemichorea-hemiballismus: nonketotic hyperglycemia

doi.org/10.14802%2Fjmd… via: Journal of Movement Disorders

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Bilateral ballism: herpes encephalitis with thalamic lesion

doi.org/10.1016/j.park… via: Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

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Hemichorea-hemiballismus: cryptococcal Meningitis

doi.org/10.7759/cureus… via: Cureus

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Hemichorea-hemiballismus: nonketotic hyperglycemia

doi.org/10.1007/s10072… via: Neurological Sciences

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Hemichorea-hemiballismus: intracranial toxoplasmosis and tuberculosis

doi.org/10.5334%2Ftohm… via: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

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Bilateral chorea-ballism: after cardiac arrest

doi.org/10.1212/wnl.64… via: Neurology

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Bilateral ballism: limb-shaking transient ischemic attacks

doi.org/10.1016/j.jstr… via: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

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Hemiballismus: insular and temporal lobe infarct

doi.org/10.1001/jamane… via: JAMA Neurology

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Bilateral ballism: fever-induced

doi.org/10.1002/mds.21… via: Movement Disorders

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Hemichorea-hemiballism: after external ventricular drainage

doi.org/10.14802%2Fjmd… via: Journal of Movement Disorders

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Hemichorea-hemiballismus: diabetic ketoacidosis

doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ds… via: Diabetes Metab Syndr

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Hemichorea‐hemiballism: CNS tuberculosis

doi.org/10.1002%2Fmdc3… via: Mov Disord Clin Pract

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Hemiballismus: anti-Yo

doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn… via: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

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Hemichorea-hemiballismus: after clipping MCA aneurysm

doi.org/10.4103%2F2152… via: Surg Neurol Int

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Hemichorea-hemiballism: postoperative stroke

doi.org/10.7916%2FD8C5… via: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

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Hemichorea-hemiballism: Nonketotic Hyperglycemia

doi.org/10.7916%2FD8QZ… via: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

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