Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after extracranial dura mater embolization for a nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.

Antoine, J C; Michel, D; Bertholon, P; Mosnier, J F; Laplanche, J L; Beaudry, P; Hauw, J J; Veyret, C · Neurology · 1997

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a 25-year-old man with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) who had received dura mater embolization in the external carotid artery for a nasopharyngeal angiofibroma 90 months earlier. The patient was heterozygotous (Met/Val) at codon 129. This case suggests that dura mater embolization can be responsible for the CJD.

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