Hemichorea caused by intracranial hemorrhage following contralateral herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Min-Ji Kim; Kee Ook Lee; Kyung-Yul Lee; Seung Hun Oh; Sang-Jun Na; Bora Yoon; Yong-Duk Kim

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2012.04.025

Hemichorea caused by intracranial hemorrhage following contralateral herpes zoster ophthalmicus

J Clin Neurosci. 2013 May;20(5):738-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.04.025. Epub 2013 Feb 26.

Authors

Min-Ji Kim¹, Kee Ook Lee, Kyung-Yul Lee, Seung Hun Oh, Sang-Jun Na, Bora Yoon, Yong-Duk Kim

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Konyang University, 685 Gasuwon-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon-city 302-718, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 23453159
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.04.025

Abstract

A healthy, 66-year-old, right-handed man was admitted to our university hospital and diagnosed with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO). After 4 weeks, he complained of hemichorea on his left side. Brain MRI showed a focal hemorrhage in the right subthalamic area. No evidence of aneurysmal lesion or cerebral angiitis was observed on cerebral angiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Cerebral Angiography
Chorea / etiology*
Functional Laterality / physiology
Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / complications*
Humans
Intracranial Hemorrhages / complications
Intracranial Hemorrhages / etiology*
Male
Subthalamus / blood supply*
Syndrome