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Publication Detail
Antiphospholipid-related chorea.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal article
  • Publication Sub Type:
    Article
  • Authors:
    Farag M, Hunt BJ, Andrews TC
  • Publisher:
    BMJ Publishing Group
  • Publication date:
    07/10/2022
  • Journal:
    Practical Neurology
  • Status:
    Published online
  • Country:
    England
  • Print ISSN:
    1474-7758
  • PII:
    pn-2022-003587
  • Language:
    eng
  • Keywords:
    CLINICAL NEUROLOGY, MOVEMENT DISORDERS, PET, FUNCTIONAL IMAGING
Abstract
Chorea can be associated with autoimmune diseases such as antiphospholipid syndrome and has been associated with the isolated presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). Chorea is a rare neurological manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome. The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying aPL-related chorea are still debated. One postulated mechanism is aPL or other autoantibody binding to brain-blood vessel endothelium, resulting in endothelial dysfunction secondary to a proinflammatory cascade, with sequalae of inflammation and local microthrombosis. Another postulated mechanism considers immune-mediated attack (aPL or antibasal ganglia antibodies) against specific basal ganglia epitopes. Here, we report a patient with isolated aPL-related chorea that followed a relapsing-remitting course. We highlight the role of brain metabolic imaging with fluorodeoxy glucose positron-emission tomography in the diagnostic workup of chorea and the challenges in the practical management of aPL-related chorea with symptomatic treatments.
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