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Dancing Out of Step: A Case of Tuberculous Meningitis Presenting as Childhood Chorea Cover

Dancing Out of Step: A Case of Tuberculous Meningitis Presenting as Childhood Chorea

Open Access
|Apr 2024

Abstract

Background: Acute to subacute pediatric movement disorders require prompt diagnosis to identify potentially treatable diseases.

Case Report: We present a 6-year-old male with a three-week history of generalized chorea transitioning to predominantly right-sided hemichorea and then to left hemiplegia.

Discussion: We review the mechanisms in tuberculous meningitis underlying his movement abnormalities.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.871 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 24, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 24, 2024
Published on: Apr 10, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2024 Jao Jarro B. Garcia, Cherie Marie A. Tecson-Delos Santos, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.