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| Year : 2006 | Volume
: 54
| Issue : 4 | Page : 440--442 |
Diabetic nonketotic hyperosmolar state: Interesting imaging observations in 2 patients with involuntary movements and seizures
N Shobha1, S Sinha1, AB Taly1, PK Pal1, HS Chandrasekhar2
1 Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
2 Department of Neuroradiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Correspondence Address:
S Sinha
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore - 560 029
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.28126
We report two patients of diabetic nonketotic hyperosmolar state presenting acutely with "self-limiting hemichorea - hemiballismus" and "generalized convulsive status epilepticus". CT scan in both the patienta revealed a hyperdense nonenhancing basal ganglia. Magnetic resonance imaging brain of patient 1 showed it to be hyperintense on T1W image and iso-hyper intense on T2W image, minimally enhancing with contrast injection
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