Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 69-71, March 2006

Angioplasty of Middle Cerebral Artery Stenosis Improves Recurrent Hemichorea Caused by Basal Ganglia Hypoperfusion

  • Jung-Mee Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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  • Jong S. Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • A.-Hyun Cho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Sang-Beom Jeon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Dae Kyoon Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Dae Chul Suh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Sun U. Kwon, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Sun U. Kwon, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Pungnapdong 388-1, Songpagu, Seoul, Korea

Received 15 October 2005; accepted 20 December 2005.

We report a case of intermittent hemichorea associated with severe stenosis in the proximal M1 portion of the middle cerebral artery. The movements disappeared after transluminal angioplasty and stenting with restoration of perfusion in the basal ganglia.

Key Words:  Hemichorea , stenosis , intracranial stenting

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 Supported by a grant (M103KV010005 03K2201 00540) from Brain Research Center of the 21st Century Frontier Research Program funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Korea

PII: S1052-3057(05)00151-5

doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2005.12.002

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 69-71, March 2006

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