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Chorea
Chorea
Chorea describes involuntary, rapid, jerky movements which often move from one part of the body to another. Slower, sinuous movement of the limbs is termed athetosis. Chorea is caused by damage to the basal ganglia, especially the caudate nucleus.Causes of chorea
- Huntington's disease, Wilson's disease, ataxic telangiectasia
- SLE, anti-phospholipid syndrome
- rheumatic fever: Sydenham's chorea
- drugs: oral contraceptive pill, L-dopa, antipsychotics
- neuroacanthocytosis
- pregnancy: chorea gravidarum
- thyrotoxicosis
- polycythaemia rubra vera
- carbon monoxide poisoning
- cerebrovascular disease
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Chorea describes involuntary, rapid, jerky movements which often move from one part of the body to another. Slower, sinuous movement of the limbs is termed athetosis. Chorea is caused by damage to the basal ganglia, especially the caudate nucleus.
Causes of chorea- Huntington's disease, Wilson's disease, ataxic telangiectasia
- SLE, anti-phospholipid syndrome
- rheumatic fever: Sydenham's chorea
- drugs: oral contraceptive pill, L-dopa, antipsychotics
- neuroacanthocytosis
- pregnancy: chorea gravidarum
- thyrotoxicosis
- polycythaemia rubra vera
- carbon monoxide poisoning
- cerebrovascular disease