Therapeutic problems posed by hemiballism of metastatic origin
Thevenet, J.P.; Vernay, D.; Bignon, Y.J.; Roux, D.; Legendre, M.; Plagne, R.; Tournilhac, M.
Revue Neurologique (Paris) 143(10): 687-689
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-3787 PMID: 2827291 Document Number: 294739
A 40 year old woman undergoing treatment for cancer of the breast presented with metastatic hemiballism. Diagnosis was supported by the presence of bone and liver metastases and by CT-scan showing an enhanced rapidly growing lesion in the subthalamic region contralateral to hemiballism. Treatment by corticotherapy and neuroleptics was ineffective. Radiotherapy was unsuccessful. Metastatic hemiballism is a rare disease with no effective treatment.