Chorea gravidarum refers to choreic symptoms that occur during pregnancy.
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Recently there has been a decline in incidence which is probably the result of a decline in rheumatic fever ( RF ), which was a major cause of chorea gravidarum before the use of antibiotics for streptococcal pharyngitis.
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Other disorders that may be accompanied by chorea include abetalipoproteinemia, ataxia-telangiectasia, biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease, Fahr disease, familial dyskinesia-facial myokymia ( Bird-Raskind syndrome ) due to an ADCY5 gene mutation, glutaric aciduria, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, mitochondrial disorders, Wilson disease, hyperthyroidism, lupus erythematosus, pregnancy ( chorea gravidarum ), and side effects of certain anticonvulsants or psychotropic agents.
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