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Case Reports
. 2013;19(9):1544-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1909.130804.

Chorea and tick-borne encephalitis, Poland

Joanna Zajkowska, Anna Moniuszko, Piotr Czupryna, Wiesław Drozdowski, Waldemar Krupa, Katarzyna Guziejko, Maciej Kondrusik, Sambor Grygorczuk, Slawomir Pancewicz
Case Reports

Chorea and tick-borne encephalitis, Poland

Joanna Zajkowska et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013.
No abstract available

Keywords: CSF; MRI; Poland; TBE; cerebrospinal fluid; chorea; computed tomography; encephalitis; magnetic resonance imaging; thalamus; tick-borne encephalitis; vector-borne infections; viruses.

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Intensive propulsion, involuntary muscle movements (limbs and face), muscle weakness of left upper and lower limbs, and “walk dance” in 38-year-old man with tick-borne encephalitis and chorea, Poland.
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Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging of the brain of a 38-year-old man with tick-borne encephalitis and chorea. The image shows bilateral areas of hyperintensity in T2, affecting the nucleus caudate, internal capsule, and thalami.
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