Diabetic striatopathy is a neurological condition in diabetic patients characterized by hemichorea- hemiballismus due to vascular and metabolic derangements in basal ganglia. This is a known entity in Type-2 Diabetic adult patients, however, seen very rarely in Type-1 diabetic Pediatric patients. Diabetic striatopathy develops in patients with poor glycemic control in the absence of ketosis. The patient tolerates hyperglycemia for a long time, which results in metabolic injury.
Diabetic striatopathy is a neurological condition in diabetic patients characterized by hemichorea- hemiballismus due to vascular and metabolic derangements in basal ganglia. This is a known entity in Type-2 Diabetic adult patients, however, seen very rarely in Type-1 diabetic Pediatric patients. Di...
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