Miryam Carecchio, Cristoforo Comi, Claudia Varrasi, Alessandro Stecco, Pier Paolo Sainaghi, Kailash Bhatia, Alessandro Carriero, Roberto Cantello, Francesco Monaco
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by recurrent thrombotic events and/or pregnancy morbidity that may be isolated (Primary APS) or associated with other diseases, mainly of autoimmune origin (Secondary APS). A variety of neurological symptoms may occur in association with the disease, including movement disorders. We report on a 79 year old woman with an unremarkable past medical history who progressively developed psychomotor agitation and insomnia through a period of four months, followed by an acute onset complex hyperkinetic syndrome with chorea, focal left foot dystonia, oral dyskinesias and severe speech impairment...
June 15, 2009: Journal of the Neurological Sciences