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Magnetic resonance imaging of Creutzfeldt‐Jacob disease
Author(s) -
Milton Walter J.,
Atlas Scott W.,
Lavi Ehud,
Mollman Joan E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410290417
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , degenerative disease , medicine , dementia , basal ganglia , disease , pathology , radiology , central nervous system
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 biopsydiagnosed patient with CJD with a distinctive magnetic resonance (MR) apperance.