Chorea and contraceptives: Case report with PET study and review of the literature

L. Vela; G. N. Sfakianakis; D. Heros; W. Koller; Carlos Singer

doi:10.1002/mds.10682

Chorea and contraceptives: Case report with PET study and review of the literature

L. Vela, G. N. Sfakianakis, D. Heros, W. Koller, Carlos Singer

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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)
Pages (from-to)	349-352
Number of pages	4
Journal	Movement Disorders
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.10682
State	Published - Mar 2004

Keywords

Chorea
Estrogens
Oral contraceptives
PET

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Clinical Neurology
Neuroscience(all)

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