Author and Year |
Case Report Name |
Age |
Sex |
Duration |
Side of Infarct |
Treatment |
Outcome |
1997, Mizushima et al. [6] |
A Case of Hemichorea-Hemiballism Associated with Parietal Lobe Infarction |
80 |
Male |
13 days |
Right-sided parietal lobe infarction was present. |
Not specified |
Symptoms subsided and the patient was discharged with slightly diminished deep sensation. |
2003, Rosetti et al. [9] |
Neurogenic Pain and Abnormal Movements Contralateral to an Anterior Parietal Artery Stroke |
74 |
Male |
3 weeks |
Acute infarction of the right anterior parietal cortex, extending to the upper posterior temporal lobe and the adjacent white matter |
Haloperidol and anticoagulants |
Hemiballismus subsided |
2004, Al-Yacoub et al. [13] |
Hemiballismus from a Parietal Stroke in a Parkinson Patient |
77 |
Male |
4 days |
Large right-sided parietal infarct was present. |
Very low dose clozapine |
Hemiballismus reduced |
2006, Sugiura A, Fujimoto M [14] |
Facial Chorea and Hemichorea due to Cardiogenic Cerebral Embolism in the Cortex and Subcortical White matter |
62 |
Male |
1 day |
Acute cortical and subcortical infarctions at the right insula, frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes. |
Tiapride hydrochloride |
Chorea subsided |
2012, Umeh et al. [15] |
Dual Treatment of Hemichorea Hemiballismus Syndrome with Tetrabenazine and Chemodenervation |
65 |
Male |
9 months |
Right posterior frontal lobe white matter and small cortical infarcts in the right temporal-frontal-parietal junction |
Haloperidol, risperidone, valproic acid, tetrabenazine, onabotulinum toxin A |
Moderate reduction of symptoms |
2013, Hwang et al. [16] |
Cortical Hemichorea-Hemiballismus |
70 |
Female |
2 months |
Left parietal cortex |
Haloperidol |
Follow-up after four years confirmed no further episodes. |
2015, Shrestha et al. [1] |
Hemiballism in a Patient with Parietal Lobe Infarction |
61 |
Male |
2 days |
Acute posterior left parietal lobe infarction |
Aspirin, atorvastatin, warfarin |
Movements resolved spontaneously. |