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An 81-year-old woman had the sudden onset of left-sided ballismus and an accompanying behavioral change characterized by elation, distractibility, inflated self-esteem, and insomnia, suggesting secondary mania. An MRI revealed a small ischemic infarction of the right thalamus.
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