APPROACHING THE PATIENT WITH CHOREA

Abstract

Chorea is a hyperkinetic movement disorder that can be observed in many hereditary or acquired diseases and syndromes. The objective of the present review is to assist the clinical neurologist in approaching a patient with chorea, focusing on the identification and differential diagnosis of hereditary choreas. Α diagnostic algorithm is proposed and the most common causes of hereditary chorea are discussed. Some of the acquired choreas are also briefly presented. Finally, the pharmacological treatment of chorea is discussed, and some recent, clinically significant advances in the field are briefly outlined.