Chorea in primary antiphospholipid syndrome

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1996 Aug;98(3):247-8. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(96)00019-4.

Abstract

A 12-year-old girl with chorea, thrombocytopenia and false positive VDRL had negative serological tests for SLE, but high titre of antiocardiolipine antibodies. Primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome is rarely complicated by chorea, but should be taken into consideration in patients who do not fulfill the diagnostic criteria for SLE.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
  • Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / complications*
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Child
  • Chorea / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Platelet Count
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Thrombocytopenia

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
  • Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
  • Prednisone