[MRI role in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: about a case]. / Apport de l'IRM dans la maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob: à propos d'un cas.
Pan Afr Med J
; 32: 95, 2019.
Article
em Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31223386
ABSTRACT
Creutzfeldt-jakob disease (CJD) is a very rare and fatal disease affecting the central nervous system. It is characterized by mental deterioration leading to progressive dementia, pyramidal and extrapyramidal symptoms as well as myoclonus. Early diagnosis is essential to prevent human-to-human transmission. We here report the case of a 62-year old patient in whom the diagnosis of sporadic CJD was retained based on his clinical status including dementia-related deterioration with myoclonus preceded by behavioral disorders, hallucinations and depression and on brain MRI data showing hyperintensities at the level of the striatum and the cortex on FLAIR and diffusion-weighted imaging sequences.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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Encéfalo
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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Síndrome de Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Screening_studies
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Pan Afr Med J
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Marrocos