Cavernous hemangioma in a child presenting with hemichorea: response to pimozide

J Child Neurol. 2001 Sep;16(9):685-8. doi: 10.1177/088307380101600912.

Abstract

The case of a 9-year-old boy with hemichorea due to cavernous hemangioma in the left caudate nucleus is presented. To our knowledge, only two children have been reported with hemichorea associated with cavernous hemangioma. Hemichorea in our patient responded to pimozide, a neuroleptic that blocks central nervous system dopaminergic receptors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Caudate Nucleus* / pathology
  • Child
  • Chorea / drug therapy
  • Chorea / etiology*
  • Chorea / physiopathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neurologic Examination / drug effects
  • Pimozide / administration & dosage
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Pimozide