2023
DOI: 10.3233/jhd-230596
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Chorea in the Elderly: A Differential Diagnosis and Case Report of Late-Onset Huntington’s Disease in an Octogenarian

Alissa S. Higinbotham,
Suzanne D. DeBrosse,
Steven Gunzler

Abstract: The term “senile chorea” was previously used to describe cases of insidious onset chorea in elderly patients who lacked family history of chorea. However, many of these patients have an identifiable etiology for their chorea. In this article, we discuss a case of generalized, insidious onset chorea in an 89-year-old man and apply a systematic diagnostic approach to chorea in the elderly to arrive at a diagnosis of late-onset Huntington’s disease. He is to our knowledge the second oldest case of late-onset Hunt… Show more

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