@article {Manjunath276, author = {Sachin Manjunath and Boby Varkey Maramattom and Shagos GN Santhamma}, title = {Great balls of fire! The basal ganglia on fire}, volume = {22}, number = {3}, pages = {276--277}, year = {2022}, doi = {10.7861/clinmed.2022-0038}, publisher = {Royal College of Physicians}, abstract = {A 76-year-old man presented to the hospital with intermittent dizziness, memory impairment and jerky movements. Evaluation revealed them to be faciobrachial dystonic seizures and antibodies to voltage-gated potassium channel complexes were found. He was treated with intravenous methylprednisolone and rituximab, and made a remarkable recovery. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was normal, although positron emission tomography {\textendash} computed tomography showed striking basal ganglia changes.}, issn = {1470-2118}, URL = {https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/22/3/276}, eprint = {https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/22/3/276.full.pdf}, journal = {Clinical Medicine} }