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A case of dementia with Lewy bodies that temporarily showed symptoms similar to Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Author(s) -
UKAI Katsuyuki,
MATSUO Koji,
NAKAMURA Ryoichi,
SOBUE Gen,
KOSAKA Kenji,
SHIBAYAMA Hiroto,
IRITANI Shuji,
ISHIHARA Ryoko,
OZAKI Norio
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
psychogeriatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.647
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1479-8301
pISSN - 1346-3500
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2010.00336.x
Subject(s) - dementia with lewy bodies , myoclonus , dementia , medicine , disease , pediatrics , encephalopathy , gait disturbance , pathology , psychiatry , physical medicine and rehabilitation
We discuss a case of a 67‐year‐old male with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) that was initially suspected as Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) or another type of encephalopathy, because he showed rapidly progressive deterioration, myoclonus, gait disturbance and a decline in activities of daily living. The present study describes a clinically atypical case with probable DLB and reviews similar cases in the literature, and we propose a rapidly progressive clinical subtype of DLB.