Chorea disclosing a polycythemia vera

Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2014 Apr 5:10:563-5. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S60694. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

Chorea is a rare complication of polycythemia. We report the case of a 70 year-old woman whose polycythemia vera (PV), with Janus Kinase-2 (JAK2) mutation, presented as chorea. Chorea resolved quickly after hydroxyurea therapy.

Keywords: JAK2; chorea; elderly; polycythemia vera.

Publication types

  • Case Reports