[Chorea as a rare symptom of systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly]

The opinion that systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a young people disease translates into its rare diagnosing in subjects in their 6th decade of life and older. The variability of neuropsychiatric disorders that may be the first symptoms of the disease suggest the need for their in-depth diagnostics and treatment. Chorea is one of the rarest neuropsychiatric symptoms of SLE. It may be present in an early stage of the disease and it is one of the most common motor disorders in SLE. The presented case of diagnosing SLE in a 79-year-old male shows the importance of individual and thorough assessment of the clinical picture of every patient regardless of his/her age and gender. In the discussed case the clinical course of the disease denies common opinions about the picture of SLE in the elderly.