Chorea and contraceptives: case report with pet study and review of the literature.
Mov Disord
; 19(3): 349-52, 2004 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15022195
ABSTRACT
Chorea is a well-recognized but rare complication of oral contraceptive use. A 27-year-old woman developed right hemichorea while taking an oral contraceptive (OC). No other causes of chorea were found. A positron emission tomography (PET) study with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose demonstrated a dense focus of increased glucose metabolism involving the body of the left caudate nucleus. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a PET study in a patient with OC-induced chorea in the absence of systemic lupus erythematosus or antiphospholipid antibodies.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tomography, Emission-Computed
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Chorea
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Contraceptives, Oral
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Mov Disord
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
Year:
2004
Document type:
Article
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