Choreoathetosis

Choreoathetosis is the occurrence of involuntary movements in a combination of chorea (irregular migrating contractions) and athetosis (twisting and writhing).

Choreoathetosis
Specialty	Neurology

It is caused by many different diseases and agents. It is a symptom of several diseases, including Lesch–Nyhan syndrome, phenylketonuria, and Huntington disease and can be a feature of kernicterus (rapidly increasing unconjugated billirubin that cross the blood-brain-barrier in infants).

Choreoathetosis is also a common presentation of dyskinesia as a side effect of levodopa-carbidopa in the treatment of Parkinson disease.[1]

The use of crack cocaine can result in a condition of crack dancing described as choreathetoid.[2]

References

"28". Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (Eleventh ed.). McGraw Hill Medical. July 2009. p. 473. ISBN 978-0-07-160405-5.
Deik, A; Saunders-Pullman, R; Luciano, MS (September 2012). "Substance of abuse and movement disorders: complex interactions and comorbidities". Current Drug Abuse Reviews. 5 (3): 243–53. doi:10.2174/1874473711205030243. PMC 3966544. PMID 23030352.

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Classification	D ICD-10: G25.5 ICD-9-CM: 333.5 DiseasesDB: 16662

Diseases of the nervous system, primarily CNS

Inflammation

Brain	Encephalitis Viral encephalitis Herpesviral encephalitis Limbic encephalitis Encephalitis lethargica Cavernous sinus thrombosis Brain abscess Amoebic
Spinal cord	Myelitis: Poliomyelitis Demyelinating disease Transverse myelitis Tropical spastic paraparesis Epidural abscess
Both/either	Encephalomyelitis Acute disseminated Myalgic Meningoencephalitis

Brain/
encephalopathy

Degenerative

Extrapyramidal and movement disorders	Basal ganglia disease Parkinsonism PD Postencephalitic NMS PKAN Tauopathy PSP Striatonigral degeneration Hemiballismus HD OA Dyskinesia Dystonia Status dystonicus Spasmodic torticollis Meige's Blepharospasm Athetosis Chorea Choreoathetosis Myoclonus Myoclonic epilepsy Akathisia Tremor Essential tremor Intention tremor Restless legs Stiff-person
Dementia	Tauopathy Alzheimer's Early-onset Primary progressive aphasia Frontotemporal dementia/Frontotemporal lobar degeneration Pick's Dementia with Lewy bodies Posterior cortical atrophy Vascular dementia
Mitochondrial disease	Leigh syndrome

Demyelinating

Episodic/
paroxysmal

Seizure/epilepsy	Focal Generalised Status epilepticus Myoclonic epilepsy
Headache	Migraine Familial hemiplegic Cluster Tension
Cerebrovascular	TIA Amaurosis fugax Transient global amnesia Acute aphasia Stroke MCA ACA PCA Foville's Millard–Gubler Lateral medullary Medial medullary Weber's Lacunar stroke
Sleep disorders	Insomnia Hypersomnia Sleep apnea Obstructive Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome Narcolepsy Cataplexy Kleine–Levin Circadian rhythm sleep disorder Advanced sleep phase disorder Delayed sleep phase disorder Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder Jet lag

CSF

Other

Spinal cord/
myelopathy

Both/either

Degenerative

SA	Friedreich's ataxia Ataxia–telangiectasia
MND	UMN only: Primary lateral sclerosis Pseudobulbar palsy Hereditary spastic paraplegia LMN only: Distal hereditary motor neuronopathies Spinal muscular atrophies SMA SMAX1 SMAX2 DSMA1 Congenital DSMA SMA-PCH SMA-LED SMA-PME Progressive muscular atrophy Progressive bulbar palsy Fazio–Londe Infantile progressive bulbar palsy both: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Choreoathetosis

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