Abdelghany Mahmoud, Massoud Samuel
Department of Medicine, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, 1086 Franklin Street, E3 Building, Johnstown, PA 15905, USA.
Case Rep Neurol Med. 2014;2014:128037. doi: 10.1155/2014/128037. Epub 2014 Feb 23.
This is a unique case of nonketotic hyperglycemic (NKH) chorea in a 34-year-old white male. The patient had a poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) due to medication incompliance. He complained of polyuria, polydipsia, and weight loss of 20 pounds within a month before presentation. T2-weighted (T2W) MRI showed hyperintensity in the left basal ganglion. Glycated hemoglobin (HBA1c) was 13.6%. The patient was started on insulin and clonazepam and the chorea resolved after proper control of the glucose level. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of NKH chorea in a young white male with high T2-weighted (T2W) magnetic resonance signal in the basal ganglia.
这是一例34岁白人男性的非酮症高血糖性(NKH)舞蹈症的独特病例。该患者因用药依从性差,患有控制不佳的2型糖尿病(DM)。他主诉多尿、多饮,且在就诊前一个月内体重减轻了20磅。T2加权(T2W)磁共振成像(MRI)显示左侧基底神经节高信号。糖化血红蛋白(HBA1c)为13.6%。患者开始使用胰岛素和氯硝西泮治疗,在血糖水平得到适当控制后,舞蹈症症状消失。据我们所知,这是首例报道的年轻白人男性基底神经节T2加权(T2W)磁共振信号增高的NKH舞蹈症病例。