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Corea de Sydenham - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Baile o mal de San Vito

Definición:

Es un trastorno del movimiento que ocurre con fiebre reumática.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La corea de Sydenham es uno de los signos principales de la fiebre reumática aguda. La persona puede en la actualidad tener la enfermedad o haberla tenido recientemente. La corea de Sydenham puede ser el único signo de fiebre reumática en algunos pacientes.

La corea de Sydenham se presenta con mayor frecuencia en niñas antes de la pubertad, aunque también se puede observar en niños.

Reviewed last on: 9/28/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Bisno AL. Rheumatic fever. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 313.

Lang A. Other movement disorders. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 434.

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