Facial cellulitis revealing choreo-acanthocytosis: a case report

We report a 62 year-old-man with facial cellulitis revealing choreo-acanthocytosis (ChAc). He showed chorea that started 20 years ago. The orofacial dyskinisia with tongue and cheek biting resulted in facial cellulitis. The peripheral blood smear revealed acanthocytosis of 25%. The overall of chorea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Samia, Younes, Yosra, Cherif, Foued, Bellazreg, Mouna, Aissi, Olfa, Berriche, Jihed, Souissi, Hammadi, Braham, Mahbouba, Frih-Ayed, Amel, Letaief, Habib, Sfar Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25332750
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.322.4085
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Sumario:We report a 62 year-old-man with facial cellulitis revealing choreo-acanthocytosis (ChAc). He showed chorea that started 20 years ago. The orofacial dyskinisia with tongue and cheek biting resulted in facial cellulitis. The peripheral blood smear revealed acanthocytosis of 25%. The overall of chorea, orofacial dyskinetic disorder, peripheral neuropathy, disturbed behavior, acanthocytosis and the atrophy of caudate nuclei was suggestive of a diagnosis of ChAc. To our knowledge no similar cases of facial cellulitis revealing choreo-acanthocytosis (ChAc) were found in a review of the literature.

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