Journal of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

Mehlika PANPALLI ATEŞ, Fatma AVŞAR ERTÜRK, Sevgi FERİK, Selim Selçuk ÇOMOĞLU

Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Nöroloji Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye

Keywords: Acute stroke; hemiballismus; subthalamic nucleus.

Abstract

Hyperkinetic movement disorders are uncommon after acute ischemic stroke. In this article, we report a 67-yearold female with hemiballismus which developed after a left subthalamic acute stroke.