PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Tiago Mestre AU - Joaquim Ferreira AU - José Pimentel TI - Putaminal petechial haemorrhage as the cause of non-ketotic hyperglycaemic chorea: a neuropathological case correlated with MRI findings AID - 10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0785 DP - 2009 Jan 01 TA - BMJ Case Reports PG - bcr0820080785 VI - 2009 4099 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2009/bcr.08.2008.0785.short 4100 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2009/bcr.08.2008.0785.full AB - Acute generalised chorea can be attributed to multiple causes, including non-ketotic hyperglycaemia. This cause has been associated with characteristic image signs of striatal hyperdensity on CT scan and hyperintensity on T1 weighted (T1W) MRI. We report a patient presenting with this syndrome in which a postmortem study was conducted. The findings of striatum petechial hemorrhages gives a significant contribution towards explaining the nature of the imaging signs observed in the syndrome of acute chorea associated with non-ketotic hypergycaemia.