CHOREA, WITH FATAL TERMINATION.

Notes of a Fatal Case of Chorea Gravidarum

Termination of Pregnancy with Prostaglandin

تاثیر تزریق داخل رحمی apGF2 و تزریق داخل وریدی اکسی توسین به عنوان دو روش درمانی در ختم حاملگی، در زنانی که در سه ماهه دوم بارداری دچار پارگی کیسه آب بودند، با یک دیگر مقایسه شده اند.

Severe Sydenham’s chorea (chorea paralytica) successfully treated with plasmapheresis

Sydenham's chorea is often regarded as a relatively benign and self-limiting condition. Treatment is typically symptomatic, although occasionally immunomodulatory therapies are required in severe forms. Here we report a girl who was affected with the severe variant, chorea paralytica, who responded dramatically and rapidly to plasmapheresis, having failed other therapies.

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...

Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Presenting with Chorea.

Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) is a steroid-responsive relapsing neuropsychiatric disorder associated with high titers of antithyroid antibody with or without thyroid dysfunction. We report a case of HE in a 78 year old female who developed sudden onset behavioral abnormalities associated with choreiform movement of extremities. All causes of vascular, infective, metabolic, autoimmune, paraneo...