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Case Reports
. 2015 Apr;33(2):87-9.
doi: 10.2337/diaclin.33.2.87.

Hemichorea-hemiballism as the first presentation of type 2 diabetes

Sayantan Ray  1 , Sukharanjan Howlader  2 , Sumit Chakraborty  2 , Partha Pratim Chakraborty  1 , Sujoy Ghosh  1
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Case Reports

Hemichorea-hemiballism as the first presentation of type 2 diabetes

Sayantan Ray et al. Clin Diabetes. 2015 Apr.
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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
(A) An MRI T1-weighted axial image showing an irregular area of high signal intensity involving the posterior right putamen without any appreciable adjacent edema or mass effect. (B) A 6-month re-scan shows complete disappearance of the putaminal lesion.
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