- A Case of Chorea as the Initial Manifestation of SLE Triggered by Estrogen
-
Su-Hyun Kim, Dong-Jin Shin, Hyeon-Mi Park, Yeong-Bae Lee, Kee-Hyung Park, Young-Hee Sung
-
J Mov Disord. 2008;1(2):86-89.
-
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14802/jmd.08016
-
-
Abstract
PDF
Neurological complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are relatively common, but chorea as the initial manifestation of SLE unmasked by exogenous estrogen is very rare. A-46-year old right handed woman presented with generalized chorea since 2 weeks ago. Her medical records revealed that the chorea had appeared within one month after estrogen medication. The laboratory test revealed positive antinuclear antibody (ANA), positive anti-dsDNA and positive anti-histone antibody. After discontinuation of estrogen, her choreic movement was not diminished. We report a case of newly diagnosed SLE attribute to chorea which triggered by estrogen.
|