Table 1.
Demographic, clinical, and radiological characteristics of patients with chorea
Chorea (n=42) | Values |
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Agea (years) | 54.1±21.1 (8-86) |
Gender (M/F) | 20/22 |
Onset (n/%) | |
Hyperacute | 9 (21.4) |
Acute | 26 (61.9) |
Subacute | 7 (16.7) |
Topographic distribution (n/%) | |
Hemichorea | 21 (50) |
Generalised | 13 (30) |
Unilateral | |
Face | 5 (11.9) |
Monochorea involving upper limb | 3 (7.1) |
Severity (n/%) | |
Mild | 4 (9.5) |
Moderate | 26 (61.9) |
Severe | 12 (28.6) |
Etiology: (n/%) | |
Hyperglycemia | 19 (43.9) |
Stroke | 8 (19.5) |
Autoimmune | 6 (14.6) |
Infection | 2 (4.7) |
Metabolic | 1 (2.4) |
Genetic | 1 (2.4) |
Drug-induced | 1 (2.4) |
Undetermined | 4 (9.8) |
Outcome: (n/%) | |
Improved | 23 (54.8) |
Remained status-quo | 17 (40.5) |
Worsened at the time of discharge. | 2 (4.7) |
Chorea in hyperglycemia/diabetic striatopathy (n=19) | |
CT head lesions (n=17) (n/%) | |
Caudate and putamen | 7 (41.1) |
Putamen only | 4 (23.5) |
Caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus | 2 (11.7) |
No abnormality | 4 (23.5) |
MRI brain lesions (n=5) (n/%) | |
Isolated putamen | 2 (40) |
Caudate and putamen | 2 (40) |
Caudate, putamen, and globus pallidus | 1 (20) |
aMean±standard deviation (range); CT - computed tomography; MRI - Magnetic resonance imaging