Chorea as a paraneoplastic complication of Hodgkin's disease

J Neurooncol. 1998 Jan;36(2):185-90. doi: 10.1023/a:1005860103173.

Abstract

Neurologic complications of Hodgkin's disease (HD) include both metastatic and non-metastatic involvement of the nervous system. There are at least five paraneoplastic syndromes associated with HD but chorea has not been described. We report the first choreiform disorder as a paraneoplastic complication of HD and only the second case of paraneoplastic chorea in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Chorea / diagnostic imaging
  • Chorea / etiology*
  • Chorea / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hodgkin Disease / complications*
  • Hodgkin Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Hodgkin Disease / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / diagnostic imaging
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / etiology*
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed