Hemichorea, moya-moya, and ulcerative colitis

Mov Disord. 2001 May;16(3):570-2. doi: 10.1002/mds.1095.

Abstract

This is a case report linking chorea, colitis, and moya-moya. The clear involvement in the vasculopathy of the basal ganglia offers an obvious substrate for the movement disorder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Dyskinesia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Chorea / complications*
  • Chorea / drug therapy
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Moyamoya Disease / complications*
  • Moyamoya Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Moyamoya Disease / etiology
  • Moyamoya Disease / pathology
  • Tetrabenazine / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Dyskinesia Agents
  • Tetrabenazine