Literature DB >> 19039470

Vitreitis and movement disorder associated with neurosyphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: case report.

Luciano Sousa Pereira1, Amy P Wu, Ganesha Kandavel, Farnaz Memarzadeh, Timothy James McCulley.   

Abstract

In this report, we describe an unusual patient with a choreiform movement disorder, misdiagnosed as Huntington disease, who later developed dense vitreitis leading to the identification of Treponema pallidum as the underlying pathogen of both abnormalities.

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Year:  2008        PMID: 19039470     DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492008000500020

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Arq Bras Oftalmol        ISSN: 0004-2749            Impact factor:   0.872


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1.  Differential Diagnosis of Chorea-HIV Infection Delays Diagnosis of Huntington's Disease by Years.

Authors:  Jannis Achenbach; Simon Faissner; Carsten Saft
Journal:  Brain Sci       Date:  2021-05-27

Review 2.  Treatment of Secondary Chorea: A Review of the Current Literature.

Authors:  Erin Feinstein; Ruth Walker
Journal:  Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)       Date:  2020-07-16
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