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Chorea gravidarum: Case report and review of the literature.

Rev Colomb Obstet Ginecol

September 2019

Docente del Departamento de Ginecobstetricia, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Unidad de Medicina Materno-Fetal del Hospital Universitario de Santander, Bucaramanga (Colombia).

Objective: To present a case of chorea gravidarum and conduct a review of the published literature on the treatment for this condition, and on maternal and fetal prognosis.

Methods: Case presentation of a 16-year-old primiparous patient admitted to a Level III public hospital at 8 weeks of gestation complaining of involuntary head and limb movements and right lower limb hyperreflexia lasting three days. The patient had a history of Sydenham chorea.

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