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Diabetic striatopathy: a rare condition and diagnostic dilemma

Mohammed Homaida, Avinash Kumar Kanodia, Neil D. Young, Wai Meng Yu

2021BMJ Case Reports18 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

A 71-year-old woman presented with a 2-week history of right arm and leg choreiform movements following a sudden weakness in the right arm and leg. The patient had a medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), essential hypertension, bipolar disorder and hypothyroidism. She did not have a

Topics & Concepts

Choreiform movementMedicineWeaknessMedical historyPast medical historyDiabetes mellitusFamily historyType 2 Diabetes MellitusPediatricsRare diseaseCardiologyInternal medicineSurgeryDiseaseEndocrinologyParkinson's diseaseDyskinesiaNeurological and metabolic disordersNeurological disorders and treatmentsParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments