Symptom Finder - Chorea
CHOREA
The causes of this symptom lend themselves easily to recall. Simply
remember the word VINDICATE. There are usually just one or two
diseases for each letter.
V—Vascular suggests an infarction of the subthalamic nucleus, which produces hemiballism.
I—Inflammatory lesions suggest the various forms of viral encephalitis.
N—Neoplasms of the brainstem include gliomas and metastatic carcinoma.
D—Degenerative disease suggests Huntington chorea.
I—Intoxication suggests Wilson disease, phenothiazine, lead or manganese toxicity, and carbon monoxide poisoning.
C—Congenital chorea suggests the chorea of cerebral palsy.
A—Autoimmune disease suggests the Sydenham chorea of rheumatic fever.
T—Trauma suggests chorea from concussion, basilar skull fracture, or intracerebral hematoma.
E—Endocrine and epilepsy suggest the possibility that the chorea is related to an epileptic focus. The hyperkinesis of hyperthyroidism sometimes stimulates chorea.
The workup of chorea is similar to the workup of tremor
The causes of this symptom lend themselves easily to recall. Simply
remember the word VINDICATE. There are usually just one or two
diseases for each letter.
V—Vascular suggests an infarction of the subthalamic nucleus, which produces hemiballism.
I—Inflammatory lesions suggest the various forms of viral encephalitis.
N—Neoplasms of the brainstem include gliomas and metastatic carcinoma.
D—Degenerative disease suggests Huntington chorea.
I—Intoxication suggests Wilson disease, phenothiazine, lead or manganese toxicity, and carbon monoxide poisoning.
C—Congenital chorea suggests the chorea of cerebral palsy.
A—Autoimmune disease suggests the Sydenham chorea of rheumatic fever.
T—Trauma suggests chorea from concussion, basilar skull fracture, or intracerebral hematoma.
E—Endocrine and epilepsy suggest the possibility that the chorea is related to an epileptic focus. The hyperkinesis of hyperthyroidism sometimes stimulates chorea.
The workup of chorea is similar to the workup of tremor
