Hemiballismus Secondary to Neuro-Behçet Disease: Case Report

Abstract

Behçet’s Disease is a multisystemic, inflammatory, recurrent disorder with oral and genital ulcerations along with cutaneous and opthalmic symptoms. Central nervous involvement called Neuro-Behçet is one of the clinical forms of Behçet’s Disease. Extrapyramidal findings are rare in Neuro-Behçet. We report here a case with Neuro-Behçet disease presented with acute hemiballismus

Keywords

• Extrapyramidal
• hemiballismus
• Neuro-Behçet