Sydenham chorea: clinical, EEG, MRI and SPECT findings in the early stage of the disease

J Neurol. 1993 Feb;240(2):121-3. doi: 10.1007/BF00858729.

Abstract

An 18-year-old man suffered from acute Sydenham chorea appearing coincidently with beta-haemolytic streptococcal throat infection. Imaging techniques documented lesions of basal ganglia and substantia nigra. In the early course of the disease vascular lesions may be important pathogenetic mechanisms of this acquired movement disorder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Basal Ganglia / diagnostic imaging
  • Basal Ganglia / pathology
  • Chorea / diagnosis*
  • Chorea / etiology
  • Electroencephalography
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pharyngitis / complications*
  • Streptococcal Infections / complications*
  • Substantia Nigra / diagnostic imaging
  • Substantia Nigra / pathology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed