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Sydenham chorea in a 12 year old boy with Acute Rheumatic Fever.

#Sydenham #chorea #clinical #video #physicalexam
Sydenham chorea ... Acute Rheumatic Fever ... #Sydenham #chorea ... #physicalexam #neurology ... #movement
Sydenham Chorea (SC) on Physical Examination

16 year male with history of sore throat, arthralgia having a
Sydenham Chorea ... with abnormal movements ... #Chorea #Rheumatic ... #Fever #clinical ... #video #neurology
Motor Syndromes of Cerebral Palsy:

Spastic Hemiplegia, Spastic diplegia, Spastic quadriplegia (‘total body involvement’), Athetoid (extrapyramidal, dyskinetic)

#Diagnosis
involvement’), Athetoid ... dyskinetic) #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #CerebralPalsy
Sydenham Chorea (St. Vitus Dance) on Physical Exam

Jerky, uncontrollable and #purposeless movements of the hands, arms,
Sydenham Chorea ... and #purposeless movements ... These movements ... #Sydenham #Chorea ... PhysicalExam #clinical #neurology
Choreiform Gait Demonstration

Associated with various pathologies of the nervous system, the most common being Sydenham's Chorea
most common being Sydenham's ... Chorea and Huntington's ... Chorea. ... The movement of ... #Gait #Neurology
Causes of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Tics:
 • Tourette's Syndrome
 • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
of Hyperkinetic Movement ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Toxic / metabolic Chorea ... Huntington's Disease Athetosis ... MovementDisorders #Neurology
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic Fever ... inflammation • Fever ... dopamine release -> Sydenham's ... Chorea Lymphocytes ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Migraine/Auras • Movement ... Dystonia, Dyskinesia, Chorea ... Provoked #Seizures #Neurology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
St. VITUS'S DANCE Mnemonic for Causes of Chorea

S - Sydenham’s Chorea
V - Vascular (Strokes)
I - Increased
for Causes of Chorea ... S - Sydenham ... ’s Chorea V - Vascular ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #StVITUS
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Hyperthyroidism Fever ... • Rheumatic fever ... syndrome - SLE Neurologic ... Amyloidosis • Chorea ... #differential #diagnosis