Case report: Chorea and cognitive decline in a young woman: instrumental and genetic assessment of a case originally diagnosed as multiple sclerosis

Front Genet. 2023 Jun 26:14:1129289. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1129289. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

We describe the case of a young woman affected by debilitating chorea and rapidly progressive cognitive decline. While her original diagnosis was multiple sclerosis, we performed a full instrumental and genetic assessement, though which we identified multiple genetic variants, including a novel variant of the APP gene. We propose some possible mechanisms by which such variants may contribute to neuroinflammation and ultimately lead to this devastating clinical course.

Keywords: chorea; chorea (non-Huntington’s); cognitive decline; multiple sclerosis; neuroinflammation.

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  • Case Reports