NR ALTM
AU Tribl,G.G.; Strasser,G.; Zeitlhofer,J.; Asenbaum,S.; Jarius,C.; Wessely,P.; Prayer,D.
TI Sequential MRI in a case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
QU Neuroradiology 2002 Mar; 44(3): 223-6
PT journal article
AB A 48-year-old man suddenly developed clinically and electroencephalographically nonspecific dementia. On MRI sequences, only diffusion-weighted images (DWI) of the cortex were unequivocally pathological. Obvious atrophy and basal ganglia signal changes appeared only 9 months after the onset. Brain biopsy confirmed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). In rapidly progressive dementia, we recommend DWI for early diagnosis of CJD.
MH Brain/*pathology; Case Report; Contrast Media; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*diagnosis; Electroencephalography; Gadolinium DTPA/diagnostic use; Human; *Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/diagnostic use; Male; Middle Age; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Time Factors
AD Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, Wahringer Gürtel, Vienna, Austria. Gotthard.Trivl@akh-wien.ac.at
SP englisch
PO Deutschland