Table 1

Clinical features of patients with chorea associated with the use of oral contraceptives in the last 23 years

Reference	Patient age (years)	Time of use	Duration of chorea (weeks)	Clinical presentation/onset	Medical history	Comments
PET, Positron emission tomography; FDG, ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose.
Nausieda²	20	12 weeks	1	Hemichorea/ insidious	Congenital cardiopathy
	17	2 weeks	2	Bilateral/ insidious	Sydenham̈‘s chorea
	18	8 weeks	3	Bilateral/ insidious	Sydenham̈‘s chorea
	21	2 weeks	2	Bilateral/ insidious	Congenital cardiopathy
	20	11 weeks	2	Hemichorea/ insidious	Purpura	Normal pregnancy
Dove⁷	20	8 months	8	Hemichorea/ insidious	Rheumatic fever	2 normal pregnancies
Greene⁸	16	2 months	8	Bilateral/ insidious	Sydenham’s chorea	Chorea gravidarum
Buge⁹	26	2 months	6	Hemichorea/ insidious	None
	23	8 years	2	Hemichorea/ insidious		Normal pregnancy
Berger¹⁰	21	4 years	4	Hemichorea/ insidious	None	Normal pregnancy
Vela¹⁶	27	Not specified	16	Hemichorea/ insidious	None	PET with FDG showed increased glucose metabolism in contralateral caudate nucleus
Present case	19	2 years	57	Hemichorea/insidious	None	Presence of anti-basal ganglia antibodies