MORVAN SYNDROME

Course overview

MORVAN SYNDROME OR MORVAN’S FIBRILLARY CHOREA (MFC) IS A RARE CONSTELLATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS, CONSISTING OF PERIPHERAL NERVE HYPEREXCITABILITY, AUTONOMIC INSTABILITY, AND ENCEPHALOPATHY OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH AUTOANTIBODIES TO VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL COMPLEXES (VGKCS). THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MORVAN SYNDROME AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN ITS MANAGEMENT.