Autoimmune or inflammatory |
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome |
Autoimmune encephalitis |
Behçet syndrome |
Celiac disease |
Hashimoto encephalopathy |
Polyarteritis nodosa |
Primary angiitis of central nervous system |
Sarcoidosis |
Sjögren's disease |
Sydenham chorea |
Systemic lupus erythematosus |
Cerebrovascular |
Arteriovenous malformation |
Intracerebral hemorrhage |
Ischemic stroke |
Moyamoya disease |
Postpump chorea |
Subarachnoid hemorrhage |
Drugs |
Dopaminergic drugs |
Many others (refer to UpToDate graphics on drugs that can cause chorea) |
Infection |
AIDS-related |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
Diphtheria |
Encephalitis |
Legionnaire disease |
Lyme disease |
Malaria |
Meningitis |
Neurocysticercosis |
Neurosyphillis |
Prion disease |
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy |
Toxoplasmosis |
Tuberculous meningitis |
Metabolic or endocrine |
Hepatic failure |
Hyperthyroidism |
Hypo/hypercalcemia |
Hypo/hyperglycemia |
Hypo/hypernatremia |
Hypomagnesemia |
Hypoparathyroidism |
Polycythemia vera |
Pregnancy-induced (chorea gravidarum) |
Pseudohypoparathyroidism |
Renal failure |
Vitamin deficiency (B1, B12, niacin) |
Neoplasia |
Basal ganglia involvement |
Paraneoplastic syndromes |
Toxic |
Alcohol intoxication or withdrawal |
Carbon monoxide |
Glue sniffing |
Manganese |
Mercury |
Thallium |
Toluene |
Other |
Any lesion of basal ganglia |
Edentulous chorea |
Kernicterus |
Physiologic chorea of infancy |
Senile chorea |
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