14 patients (15%) developed postoperative hemichorea-ballism which required pallidotomy in eight. These 14 patients had significantly higher dyskinesia scores (levodopa induced) preoperatively than ...

When chorea is serious like in Wade's case, slight movements will become thrashing motions; this form of severe chorea is referred to as ballism or ballismus. Then when he turned 12 years old, Wade ...

Paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis (PKC) is a rare disorder characterised by brief attacks of any combination of dystonic postures, chorea, athetosis, and ballism, precipitated by sudden movement ...