Case of Chorea

A Case of Rheumatic Chorea

A Wassermann-Positive Case of Paralytic Chorea

Case report B., 10 years, Hindu male child, was admitted into the children's ward with the complaints of loss of power in the right upper and lower extremities, duration 10 days. For one month he had been getting repeated attacks of epistaxis without any definite cause. Fifteen days before admission he developed fever lasting for 4 days. After the cessation of the fever, choreic movements appea...

A Case of Non-familial Degenerative Chorea.

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Case Reports Functional Impact of Sydenham’s Chorea: A Case Report

Background: Sydenham’s chorea (SC) is the most common type of acquired chorea in childhood. In some cases, symptoms (most commonly described in terms of neurological signs) last up to 2 years, and many cases relapse. This report describes the clinical course in terms of functional abilities following diagnosis of SC. Case report: Standardized assessments across the domains of activity and parti...

Sydenham's Chorea

Sydenham’s chorea is a delayed complication of group Aßhaemolytic streptococcal infections and forms one of the majorcriteria of acute rheumatic fever.It is characterised bychorea, muscular weakness, and a number of neuropsychiatricsymptoms. It is considered to be an autoantibody mediated disorderwith the evidence suggesting that patients with Sydenham’schorea produce antibodies that cross reac...