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Case Reports
. 2021 Jan 15;14(1):e240141.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240141.

Diabetic striatopathy: a rare condition and diagnostic dilemma

Mohammed Homaida  1 , Avinash Kumar Kanodia  2 , Neil Young  3 , Wai Meng Yu  1
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Case Reports

Diabetic striatopathy: a rare condition and diagnostic dilemma

Mohammed Homaida et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: diabetes; movement disorders (other than parkinsons).

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
CT scan from previous admission (A axial and (B) coronal). No abnormality is identified in basal ganglia. CT scan from current admission. (C axial and (D) coronal) shows high attenuation in left basal ganglia (white arrows). There could potentially be petechial haemorrhages or hyperdense vessels also present on left side.
Figure 2
Figure 2
MRI. T1 axials (A) and T1 sagittal (B) shows high signal in left basal ganglia as compared with right side (arrows) (C). T2 axials (D), DWI (E) and SWI (F) reveal no significant abnormality in left basal ganglia, although tiny petechial haemorrhages could be present on SWI (F). DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging; SWI, susceptibility-weighted imaging.
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