Generalized chorea in an infant with semilobar holoprosencephaly

Pediatr Neurol. 1995 Nov;13(4):355-7. doi: 10.1016/0887-8994(95)00221-9.

Abstract

We report chorea in an infant with holoprosencephaly. Congenital structural brain disease has not been a reported cause of chorea. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging revealed small, fused frontal lobes with hypoplastic caudates. Our patient responded to symptomatic treatment with dopamine-depleting agents. It is likely that the mechanism for the chorea was a dysfunction of the striatum. The differential diagnosis of childhood chorea should include holoprosencephaly.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Chorea / complications*
  • Chorea / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Holoprosencephaly / complications*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging