Choreoathetosis: Wikis

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Choreoathetosis
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	G 25.5
ICD-9	333.5
DiseasesDB	16662

Choreoathetosis is the occurrence of involuntary movements in a combination of chorea and athetosis.

Its etiology makes a long list of diseases and chemical agents etiology.

Pathology of the nervous system, primarily CNS (G04–G47, 323–349)

Brain	Encephalitis (Viral encephalitis, Herpesviral encephalitis) · Cavernous sinus thrombosis · Brain abscess (Amoebic)

Spinal cord	Myelitis: Poliomyelitis · Demyelinating disease (Transverse myelitis) · Tropical spastic paraparesis

Both/either	Encephalomyelitis (Acute disseminated) Meningoencephalitis

Extrapyramidal and movement disorders	Basal ganglia disease: Parkinsonism (PD, Postencephalitic, NMS) · PKAN · Tauopathy (PSP) · Striatonigral degeneration · Hemiballismus · HD · OA Dyskinesia: Dystonia (Spasmodic torticollis, Meige's, Blepharospasm) · Chorea (Choreoathetosis) · Myoclonus (Myoclonic epilepsy) Tremor (Essential tremor, Intention tremor) · Restless legs · Stiff person

Dementia	Tauopathy: Alzheimer's (Early-onset) · Frontotemporal dementia/Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (Pick's, Dementia with Lewy bodies) Multi-infarct dementia

Mitochondrial disease	Leigh's

Episodic/
paroxysmal

Other

Both/either

SA	Friedreich's ataxia · Ataxia telangiectasia

MND	UMN only: PLS · PP · HSP LMN only: PMA · PBP (Fazio-Londe, Infantile progressive bulbar palsy) · SMA (SMN-linked, Kennedy disease, SMAX2, DSMA1) both: ALS

central nervous system navs: anat/physio/dev, noncongen/congen/neoplasia, symptoms+signs/eponymous, proc