chorea gravidarum

Chorea gravidarum is a severe variant, and most patients have one form or another of these mental changes.

This is called chorea gravidarum.

Several pathogenetic mechanisms for chorea gravidarum have been offered, but none have been proven.

Chorea gravidarum is rare type of chorea which is a complication of pregnancy.

At least 35% of patients have a definite history of acute rheumatic fever and Sydenham chorea; 4% of those with chorea gravidarum had acute rheumatic fever.

Chorea gravidarum is a rare type of chorea which presents with involuntary abnormal movement, characterized by abrupt, brief, nonrhythmic, nonrepetitive movement of any limb, often associated with nonpatterned facial grimaces.

Recently there has been a decline in incidence which is probably the result of a decline in rheumatic fever (RF), which was a major cause of chorea gravidarum before the use of antibiotics for streptococcal pharyngitis.