2012年
Chorea as the first sign in a patient with elderly-onset systemic lupus erythematosus.
Case Rep Neurol Med
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- 2012
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- 開始ページ
- 317082
- 終了ページ
- 317082
- 記述言語
- 英語
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- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1155/2012/317082
The case of an elderly patient who had chorea as an initial symptom of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) accompanied by antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is reported. A 68-year-old woman suddenly developed chorea of her left arm and leg. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain demonstrated a focal lesion in the right caudate head, which showed hyperintensity on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery and diffusion-weighted imaging. This condition was thought to be a common form of vascular chorea, which is likely to occur in elderly individuals; however, the laboratory data of this patient finally fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of SLE and APS. Physicians should be careful in diagnosing elderly individuals simply as having a vascular chorea because this symptom can be the initial manifestation of SLE or APS.
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- DOI : 10.1155/2012/317082
- ISSN : 2090-6676
- PubMed ID : 22953090
- PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC3420465