Severe Sydenham’s chorea (chorea paralytica) successfully treated with plasmapheresis

Abstract

Sydenham���s chorea is often regarded as a relatively benign and self-limiting condition. Treatment is typically symptomatic, although occasionally immunomodulatory therapies are required in severe forms. Here we report a girl who was affected with the severe variant, chorea paralytica, who responded dramatically and rapidly to plasmapheresis, having failed other therapies.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40734-014-0012-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.