Diabetic striatopathy: a rare condition and diagnostic dilemma
Mohammed Homaida, Avinash Kumar Kanodia, Neil D. Young, Wai Meng Yu
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