An Unusual Case of Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting as Chorea

Movement disorders are rarely reported in association with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Although it is a rare manifestation in APS, chorea is the most common movement disorder. We report a case of APS in a patient who presented with hyperkinesia, tics, choreiform movements, and other dyskinetic...

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Autores principales: Yelam, Anudeep, Bollu, Pradeep C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6318103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30648048
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3508
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description Movement disorders are rarely reported in association with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Although it is a rare manifestation in APS, chorea is the most common movement disorder. We report a case of APS in a patient who presented with hyperkinesia, tics, choreiform movements, and other dyskinetic movements involving the mouth and tongue along with behavioral changes. These abnormal movements improved with aripiprazole.
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spelling pubmed-63181032019-01-15 An Unusual Case of Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting as Chorea Yelam, Anudeep Bollu, Pradeep C Cureus Family/General Practice Movement disorders are rarely reported in association with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Although it is a rare manifestation in APS, chorea is the most common movement disorder. We report a case of APS in a patient who presented with hyperkinesia, tics, choreiform movements, and other dyskinetic movements involving the mouth and tongue along with behavioral changes. These abnormal movements improved with aripiprazole. Cureus 2018-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6318103/ /pubmed/30648048 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3508 Text en Copyright © 2018, Yelam et al. http://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.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6318103/
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