A patient with chorea associated with hyperthyroidism and primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 16(2); 1998 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1998;16(2): 233-236.

갑상선기능항진증과 원발성항인지질항체증후군에 동반된 무도병 환자 1례

박종원, 김동현·박태환·권오상

중앙대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

A patient with chorea associated with hyperthyroidism and primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

Jong-Weon Park,M.D.,Tae-Hwan Park,M.D.,Dong-Hyun Kim,M.D.,Oh-Sang Kwon,M.D.

Department of Neurology, Chung-Ang University Hospital

Abstract

Involuntary movements often complicate systemic illness, and an association exsits between chorea and hyperthyroidism or primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, respectively. A 19-year-old woman developed chorea over one week. She fulfilled the criteria for the primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome but not those for systemic lupus erythematosus and also showed the signs and laboratory findings of Graves' disease. This appears to be the first report of a patient with chorea, associated with the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and hyperthyroidism, concurrently.