title: [Treatment of acute manifestation of hemichorea with aspirin. A case report].
abstract: A patient is described with a history of coronary artery disease and diabetes showing unilateral continuous jerking limb movements immediately after general anaesthesia. Carotid territory hypoperfusion is assumed to be the pathogenetic factor of these involuntary limb movements. 2 days after administration of 1000 mg Aspirin these movements ceased, supporting this trial prior to invasive surgical procedures especially in high risk patients.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für neurologisch-psychiatrische Gerontologie, Wagner-Jauregg-Krankenhauses, Linz.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leblhuber
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Költringer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reisecker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002819:Chorea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D001241:Aspirin
vernacular_title: Behandlung einer akut aufgetretenen Hemichorea mit Aspirin. Ein Fallbericht.