Open AccessRapidly Progressive Dementia in a 65-Year-Old Man
Author(s) -
Simon Kang Seng Ting,
Teh Aun Lim,
Yew Long Lo
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
proceedings of singapore healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2059-2329
pISSN - 2010-1058
DOI - 10.1177/201010581001900412
Subject(s) - dementia , complaint , medicine , disease , cognitive impairment , progressive disease , pediatrics , neuroscience , psychology , gerontology , pathology , political science , law
Cognitive impairment is a common complaint in an aging society, should be differentiated clinically into chronic and rapidly progressive categories. This case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) illustrates the typical clinical features, imaging and EEG changes of an important cause of rapidly progressive dementia.