NR AFWX
AU Iwanowski,L.; Kunicka,J.
TI [Case of Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease with rarely observed location of lesions (the so-called Heidenhain syndrome)]
OT Przypadek choroby Jakoba-Creutzefeldta o rzadko spotykanej topografii zmian (tzw. zespolu Heidenhaina)
QU Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska 1977 Mar-Apr; 11(2): 247-50
PT journal article
AB The authors describe a case of Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease in a 64-year-old women. The peculiarity of the case lay in the fact that besides atrophic lesions of frontal lobes, extensive spongiform degeneration was present in both occipital lobes - corresponding to the so-called Heidenhain syndrome of classical neuropathology. The clinical counterpart of this location of the lesions, apart from dementia, were quadrantic hemianopsia and changes in EEG records.
MH Agnosia/pathology; Apraxias/pathology; Case Report; Cerebellum/pathology; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*pathology; Dementia/*pathology; English Abstract; Female; Frontal Lobe/*pathology; Human; Middle Age; Occipital Lobe/*pathology; Syndrome; Visual Fields
SP polnisch
PO Polen