Catalog

Hemiballism due to injuries to the head

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Link to WHO Definition

Hemiballism due to injuries to the head – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/38179904

Hemiballism, which consists of unilateral uncontrollable, large amplitude, poorly patterned flinging movement of an entire limb, in the setting of head injury causing a lesion of or near the contralateral subthalamic nucleus or surrounding white matter.