Dancing Feet Syndrome in Diabetes : Para-ballism and Para-chorea in a Diabetic Patient with Diaphragmatic Myoclonus

ABSTRACT

While movement disorders in Diabetes have long been recognized,the terminology of diabetic striatopathy is relatively more recent. Herein,we report a rare case of diabetic striatopathy in a 62-year-old woman with uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus who presented with Para-ballismus and Para-chorea along with diaphragmatic Myoclonus, a constellation of rarely reported before simultaneously in a hyperglycemic state.While these movement phenomena are extremely rare, the case also highlights they may persist even after acute control of hyperglycaemia, emphasizing on the need for achieving long term Glycemic control for its management