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Question Date: 04/08/2023

Question: Which of the following causes of chorea is most commonly associated with seizures?

Options:

• Celiac disease
• Chorea-acanthocytosis
• Chorea gravidarum
• Fahr disease

Correct Answer: Chorea-acanthocytosis

Explaination: Temporal lobe seizures are very common in patients with chorea-acanthocytosis. Other causes of chorea that are also associated with seizures include the akinetic-rigid form of Huntington disease and dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy.

Reference: Walker RH. Chorea. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2013 Oct19(5 Movement Disorders)1242-63. doi 10.121201.CON.0000436155.46909.c3. PMID 24092289.