ACUTE-ONSET HEMIBALLISMUS DUE TO THALAMIC HEMATOMA: A CASE REPORT
Türk Beyin Damar Hastalıkları Dergisi, cilt.28, ss.59-62, 2022 (TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Vaka Takdimi
- Cilt numarası: 28
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.5505/tbdhd.2021.34866
- Dergi Adı: Türk Beyin Damar Hastalıkları Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.59-62
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Rapidly onset movement disorders after acute stroke not very commonly reported. The most commonly reported
movement disorder after stroke is hemichorea-hemiballismus. Hemichorea; is sudden, spasmodic, irregular, short-term
movements of fingers, hands, arms, face, tongue or head involving one half of the body. Ballismus means high amplitude,
violent, tossing or throwing movements. In general, hemichorea-hemiballismus; may occured as a result of damage in
localizations such as contralateral basal ganglia, subthalamic nucleus and thalamus in central nervous system.
Neurodegenerative diseases, vascular causes, metabolic disorders and genetic diseases should be investigated for its
etiology. In this paper, a hemiballismus case that developed acutely after thalamic hemorrhage and successfully responded
to haloperidol treatment is presented.