CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC-FINDINGS IN A PATIENT WITH CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB-DISEASE (TYPE HEIDENHAIN)

Authors
STAFFEN W TRINKA E IGLSEDER B PILZ P HOMANN N LADURNER G
Citation
W. Staffen et al., CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC-FINDINGS IN A PATIENT WITH CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB-DISEASE (TYPE HEIDENHAIN), Journal of neuroimaging, 7(1), 1997, pp. 50-54
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Journal of neuroimaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
10512284
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
50 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-2284(1997)7:1<50:CADIAP>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A 61-year-old woman had Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, type Heidenhain, th at progressed for 4 months until death, 3 of which she spent in a hosp ital. The diagnosis was verified by autopsy. Consecutive brain compute d tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, blood flow measurements, ele ctroencephalography (EEG), and routine laboratory tests were performed , All imaging techniques showed nonspecific pathological changes, wher eas EEG revealed alterations indicative for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.