[Chorea disclosing polycythemia and renal adenocarcinoma].
A 79-year-old woman had chorea complicating polycythaemia. The polycythaemia and the chorea disappeared after surgical removal of a renal carcinoma. The literature on polycythaemic chorea is reviewed and its pathophysiology discussed.
Chamouard
J M
JM
Service de Neurologie, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris.
Smagghe
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Malalanirina
B H
BH
Davous
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Poisson
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002819:Chorea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000209:etiology*; D012074:Remission Induction
Chorée révélatrice d'une polyglobulie et d'un adénocarcinome rénal.