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Query: UMLS:C0008489 (
chorea
)
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An association exists between antiphospholipid antibodies and
chorea
. As these antibodies are associated with thrombosis, it has been suggested that cerebral infarction might cause
chorea
. However, CT and MRI typically do not demonstrate focal basal ganglionic lesions in such patients and an autoimmune mechanism for
chorea
has also been proposed. We report a young woman with left hemichorea and
dyspnea
. She was found to have lupus anticoagulant, large aortic and tricuspid vegetations, and pulmonary emboli. CT and MRI showed a small lesion in the head of the right caudate. In the presence of a definite cardiac source for emboli (valvular vegetations) with embolic activity (pulmonary emboli), it is likely that this patient's hemichorea was caused by cardioembolic caudate infarction.
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PMID:Cardioembolic caudate infarction as a cause of hemichorea in lupus anticoagulant syndrome. 833 81
