Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease manifesting as stroke mimic in a 78-year-old patient: pitfalls and tips in the diagnosis

J Neurol Sci. 2014 Nov 15;346(1-2):343-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.08.026. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

Authors

Valentina Damato¹, Cristina Cuccagna², Emanuele M Costantini², Simona Gaudino³, Cesare Colosimo³, Piero Parchi⁴, Serenella Servidei², Marco Luigetti²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Neurology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: valentina.damato86@gmail.com.
² Institute of Neurology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
³ Institute of Radiology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Università di Bologna, Italy; IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 25201717
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.08.026

No abstract available

Keywords: Brain MRI; Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease; Stroke.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain / pathology*
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / diagnosis*
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Stroke / diagnosis*
Stroke / pathology