Transient Generalized Chorea in Influenza A Encephalopathy

Jannik Prasuhn; Georg Royl; Klaus P. Wandinger; Norbert Brüggemann; Alexander Neumann; Thomas F. Münte

doi:10.7916/D8F495TP

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements (Oct 2018)

Transient Generalized Chorea in Influenza A Encephalopathy

Jannik Prasuhn,
Georg Royl,
Klaus P. Wandinger,
Norbert Brüggemann,
Alexander Neumann,
Thomas F. Münte

Affiliations

Jannik Prasuhn: University of Lübeck, Lübeck, DE
Georg Royl: University of Lübeck, Lübeck, DE
Klaus P. Wandinger: University of Lübeck, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, DE
Norbert Brüggemann: University of Lübeck, Lübeck, DE
Alexander Neumann: University of Lübeck, Lübeck, DE
Thomas F. Münte: University of Lübeck, Lübeck, DE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7916/D8F495TP

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Background: Influenza A infections are a rare cause of movement disorders. Previously described patients have suffered from acute-onset myoclonus and/or dystonia or post-viral parkinsonism. Case Report: We present the case of a 74-year-old female patient with transient generalized chorea due to influenza A-mediated encephalopathy. Discussion: We discuss whether the clinical presentation and the magnetic resonance imaging changes may be attributable to cytokine-mediated encephalopathy or to direct cytotoxic effects of the virus. Additionally, we would like to make clinicians aware of this clinical sign in the context of viral encephalopathy.

Published in Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements

ISSN: 2160-8288 (Online)
Publisher: Ubiquity Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://tremorjournal.org

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