Magnetic resonance imaging of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease.

Milton, W J; Atlas, S W; Lavi, E; Mollman, J E · Ann Neurol · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a biopsy-diagnosed patient with Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease showing on magnetic resonance images bilateral increased signal intensity in the basal ganglia on long repetition time images. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) is a degenerative process of the brain, induced by a novel infectious agent, and is usually characterized by a rapidly progressive dementia. We report a biopsy-diagnosed patient with CJD with a distinctive magnetic resonance (MR) appearance.

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