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Generalized chorea associated with chronic subdural hematomas
Author(s) -
Bae Sung H.,
Vates Thomas S.,
Kenton Edgar J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410080422
Subject(s) - chorea , choreiform movement , chronic subdural hematoma , medicine , subdural hematomas , movement disorders , surgery , hematoma , disease , dyskinesia , parkinson's disease
Two patients with chronic bilateral subdural hematomas developed symmetrical generalized choreiform movements. In one patient the chorea disappeared after evacuation of the hematomas, and in the other the movements improved. The latter patient has a family history of Huntington's disease.