Sydenham chorea

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Related to Sydenham chorea: rheumatic fever, Huntington's chorea, Aschoff bodies, Jones criteria

Sy·den·ham cho·re·a

(sid'ĕn-ham),

a postinfectious chorea appearing several months after a streptococcal infection with subsequent rheumatic fever. The chorea typically involves the distal limbs and is associated with hypotonia and emotional lability. Improvement occurs over weeks or months and exacerbations occur without associated infection recurrence.

Synonym(s): acute chorea, chorea minor, juvenile chorea, rheumatic chorea, Sydenham disease

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Sy·den·ham cho·re·a

(sid'ĕn-ham kōr-ē'ă)

A postinfectious chorea appearing several months after a streptococcal infection with subsequent rheumatic fever. The chorea typically involves the distal limbs and is associated with hypotonia and emotional lability. Improvement occurs over weeks or months, and exacerbations occur without associated infection recurrence.

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Sydenham,

Thomas, English physician, 1624-1689.

Sydenham chorea - a postinfectious chorea appearing several months after a streptococcal infection, with subsequent rheumatic fever. Synonym(s): Sydenham disease; Sydenham syndrome

Sydenham cough

Sydenham disease - Synonym(s): Sydenham chorea

Sydenham syndrome - Synonym(s): Sydenham chorea

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(a) Etiology Comments Tardive dyskinesia Common, especially secondary to antipsychotic medicines Sydenham chorea Post-streptococcal; in 20% cases of rheumatic fever; children Systemic lupus Chorea in 1-7% erythematosus Neurosyphilis Usually concomitant HIV infection Hyperthyroidism Chorea in 2% of cases; usually young-middle age adults Drug-induced chorea Lithium, antiepileptic agents, stimulants, L-dopa, estrogen Pregnancy Rare; increased risk with history of Sydenham chorea Polycythemia vera Chorea in 0.5-5% of cases Senile chorea Late onset; may be clinically indistinguishable from late-onset HD Basal ganglia lesions Strokes, infections, tumors (a) Note that genetic factors are important in many of these conditions, although none is strictly a Mendelian disorder.

Diagnosis of Huntington disease

He lost his father early and grew up in a modest household during the Depression, shy and frail and plagued by childhood diseases, among them Sydenham chorea, a movement disorder that occurs with rheumatic fever, which interfered with his early formal education.