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A six-year-old girl has brief, irregular contractions in her feet; symptoms are suspected to be a result of an untreated strep infection. What is the diagnosis?

A
Chorea gravidarum
B
Chorea major
C
Ballism
D
Sydenham chorea
High-Yield Explanation
Sydenham chorea (St. Vitus dance) - commonest chorea. occurs mainly in girls as a sequela to rheumatic fever. Chorea major (Huntington's disease) -inherited disorder manifests as choreiform movements and progressive dementia. Chorea gravidarum occurs during the 2nd trimester of pregnancy. Ballism and hemiballism -violent flinging movement of one or both extremities due to infarct of the subthalamic nucleus.

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