RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Putaminal petechial haemorrhage as the cause of non-ketotic hyperglycaemic chorea: a neuropathological case correlated with MRI findings
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr0820080785
DO 10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0785
VO 2009
A1 Mestre, Tiago
A1 Ferreira, Joaquim
A1 Pimentel, José
YR 2009
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2009/bcr.08.2008.0785.abstract
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.