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 18F-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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 349-352 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Movement Disorders |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2004 |
Keywords
- Chorea
- Estrogens
- Oral contraceptives
- PET
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Neuroscience(all)