scholarly journals Sparing of the substantia nigra in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting as an acute corticobasal syndrome

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 1668-1669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Vandenberghe ◽  
Raf Sciot ◽  
Philippe Demaerel ◽  
Koen Van Laere
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ján Necpál ◽  
Martin Stelzer ◽  
Silvia Koščová ◽  
Michal Patarák

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is an untreatable rare human prion disease characterized by rapidly progressive dementia along with various neurological features, including myoclonus and sometimes other movement disorders. The clinical course is typically insidious and rapid, leading to an early death. In general, the most common form is sporadic CJD; however, Slovakia is typical for a high percentage of genetic cases. We present an unusual case report of a 65-year-old man with a sudden, stroke-like onset of motor aphasia with right-sided levodopa unresponsive parkinsonism, alien hand, and other characteristic features of corticobasal syndrome (CBS), with rapid deterioration and death on the 32nd day of the disease. Various neurodegenerative disorders are manifested with CBS as a clinical phenotype, including corticobasal degeneration (CBD), progressive supranuclear palsy, Alzheimer’s disease, and CJD. In our patient, mutation E200K and M129M polymorphism of the PRNP gene and typical immunohistochemical findings pointed to a diagnosis of CJD. The patient’s mother died of CJD many years ago. Several CBS-CJD cases were described, but the atypical stroke-like onset of CBS-CJD, an extremely rare presentation of CJD, makes our case unique worldwide.


2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Will Lee ◽  
Marion Simpson ◽  
Helen Ling ◽  
Catriona Mclean ◽  
Steven Collins ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 1291-1293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Geol Lim ◽  
Eungseok Oh ◽  
Sangmin Park ◽  
Yong-Sun Kim ◽  
Aeyoung Lee

Neurology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012613
Author(s):  
Zoe Olga Marinides ◽  
Timothy R Malone ◽  
Yitao Ma ◽  
Jason Hawley

Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a rare disease but a common cause of rapidly progressive neurodegeneration. Although the “classic” presentation involves early dementia or behavioral changes, there are well-described atypical variants with less prominent cognitive symptoms at onset. One such variant is Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS), which may be seen with other underlying neurodegenerative processes, but when due to prion disease pathology involves much more rapid progression and certain characteristic imaging findings. This report presents a case presenting as CBS without cognitive or behavioral changes at onset, which rapidly progressed and was determined ultimately to be due to underlying CJD. This case illustrates the need for a high index of suspicion for CJD in order to drive appropriate diagnostic testing and careful review of imaging and EEG findings, which may be subtle in early disease.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Gültekin ◽  
Recep Baydemir ◽  
Mehmet Fatih Göl ◽  
Meral Mirza

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 898-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Magherini ◽  
Roberta Pentore ◽  
Giuliana Galassi ◽  
Carlo M. Stucchi ◽  
Sabina Capellari ◽  
...  

Cureus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant P Gosden ◽  
Lela Okromelidze ◽  
Sukhwinder Johnny S Sandhu ◽  
Erik H Middlebrooks

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