Cargando…

New-Onset Chorea Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report

Although the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) primarily involves the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, neurological manifestations, including movement disorders such as myoclonus and cerebellar ataxia, have also been reported. However, the occurrence of post-SARS-Co...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Grimm, Benjamin G, Natteru, Prashant A, Groth, Christopher L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10395654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37539415
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41327
_version_ 1785083622517112832
author Grimm, Benjamin G
Natteru, Prashant A
Groth, Christopher L
author_facet Grimm, Benjamin G
Natteru, Prashant A
Groth, Christopher L
author_sort Grimm, Benjamin G
collection PubMed
description Although the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) primarily involves the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, neurological manifestations, including movement disorders such as myoclonus and cerebellar ataxia, have also been reported. However, the occurrence of post-SARS-CoV-2 chorea is rare. Herein, we describe a 91-year-old female with a past medical history of hypothyroidism who developed chorea after two weeks of contracting a mild coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10395654
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher Cureus
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-103956542023-08-03 New-Onset Chorea Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report Grimm, Benjamin G Natteru, Prashant A Groth, Christopher L Cureus Neurology Although the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) primarily involves the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, neurological manifestations, including movement disorders such as myoclonus and cerebellar ataxia, have also been reported. However, the occurrence of post-SARS-CoV-2 chorea is rare. Herein, we describe a 91-year-old female with a past medical history of hypothyroidism who developed chorea after two weeks of contracting a mild coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Cureus 2023-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10395654/ /pubmed/37539415 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41327 Text en Copyright © 2023, Grimm et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Neurology
Grimm, Benjamin G
Natteru, Prashant A
Groth, Christopher L
New-Onset Chorea Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
title New-Onset Chorea Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
title_full New-Onset Chorea Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
title_fullStr New-Onset Chorea Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed New-Onset Chorea Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
title_short New-Onset Chorea Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
title_sort new-onset chorea post-covid-19 infection: a case report
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10395654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37539415
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41327
work_keys_str_mv AT grimmbenjaming newonsetchoreapostcovid19infectionacasereport
AT natteruprashanta newonsetchoreapostcovid19infectionacasereport
AT grothchristopherl newonsetchoreapostcovid19infectionacasereport