Abstract
Hemichorea is characterized by sudden, spasmodic, irregular, short-term finger, hand, arm, face, tongue or head movements including one half of body. Ballismus concept defines the high-amplitude, violent, centrifugal or throwing motions. Hemichorea-hemiballismus are the most frequently reported movement disorders in patients with acute stroke. Even if it is believed to occur depending on the effect on contralateral subthalamic nucleus; it has been reported that in the following years there have been choreic and ballistic movements in various lesions intersecting the afferent and efferent subtalamopalidal paths of basal ganglion. In this article; hemiballismus, which has developed after thalamic hemorrhage, of an 63 year old female patient is presented.
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