Published on
​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Choreoathetosis
SYSTEMIC DISEASES
• Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
• Polycythemia
• Thyrotoxicosis
• Rheumatic fever
• Cirrhosis of the liver (acquired hepatocerebral degeneration)
• Diabetes mellitus (DM)
• Wilson’s disease
PRIMARY DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASES
• Huntington’s chorea
• Olivopontocerebellar atrophies
• Neuroacanthocytosis
FOCAL BRAIN DISEASES
• Hemichorea
• Stroke
• Tumor
• Arteriovenous malformation
DRUG-INDUCED CHOREOATHETOSIS
• Parkinson’s disease drugs: levodopa
• Epilepsy drugs: phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, gabapentin, valproate
• Psychostimulant drugs: cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine, dextroamphetamine, methylphenidate, pemoline, psychotropic drugs, lithium, tricyclic antidepressant drugs
• Oral contraceptive drugs: cimetidine
Picture
0 Comments

Kembara Xtra 

Facts about medicine and its subtopic such as anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology and surgery.