CASE OF HEMICHOREA ASSOCIATED WITH NON-KETOTIC HYPERGLYCEMIA

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Hemichorea is featured by continuous movements which is also irregular, involuntary and jerky movements of one side of the body. It is due to the result of focal lesion which could be in the contralateral basal ganglia.¹ The most widely recognized cause of chorea is Huntington's disease- a hereditary disorder. Hemichorea due to underlying non-ketotic hyperglycemia (HC-NH) is one of the case that is rare consequences of diabetes mellitus, which is more prone in elderly diabetic women who has poor blood glucose control.^2,3