Open AccessTransmissible spongy encephalopathy (with a case report)
Author(s) -
Н. В. Шулешова,
С. В. Ловицкий,
И. С. Платонова,
И. В. Двораковская,
В. В. Байков
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
učënye zapiski sankt-peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo medicinskogo universiteta im. akad. i.p. pavlova/učënye zapiski sankt-peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo medicinskogo universiteta imeni akademika i. p. pavlova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-8807
pISSN - 1607-4181
DOI - 10.24884/1607-4181-2014-21-2-40-43
Subject(s) - encephalopathy , autopsy , toxic encephalopathy , disease , medicine , pediatrics , pathology
The article presents the description of a case of spongy encephalopathy diagnosed morphologically in a 54 year old female. The disease lasted for 1-2 years, and had a lethal issue. The patient had undergone both out-patient and in-patient treatment in 4 city hospitals. The final diagnosis was maid after autopsy only. Difficulties of clinical diagnosis of Kreitsfeld Jacob disease which is one of the forms of transmissible spongy encephalopathy are discussed.