Generalized Chorea Induced by an Unilateral Anterior Cerebral Artery Territorial Infarction

Generalized chorea caused by unilateral cerebral infarction has rarely been reported. A 58-year-old woman presented involuntary movement in her all extremities after acute cerebral infarction on her right anterior cerebral artery territory. The involuntary movements were diagnosed as generalized cho...

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Main Authors: Jae Hong Chang, Woo-Keun Seo, Moon-Ho Park, Jong-Mun Lee, Do-Young Kwon, Seong-Beom Koh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Movement Disorders Society 2009-05-01
Series:Journal of Movement Disorders
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Online Access:http://e-jmd.org/upload/jmd-2-1-37-9.pdf
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Summary:Generalized chorea caused by unilateral cerebral infarction has rarely been reported. A 58-year-old woman presented involuntary movement in her all extremities after acute cerebral infarction on her right anterior cerebral artery territory. The involuntary movements were diagnosed as generalized chorea. We didn’t find any cause of generalized chorea except the acute cerebral infarction. Here, we described the case of generalized chorea after unilateral cerebral infarction discussing the possible mechanisms.
ISSN:2005-940X
2093-4939