Open AccessReversible "Pulvinar sign" in Wernicke′s encephalopathy
Author(s) -
Biju Gopalakrishnan,
VV Ashraf,
Praveen Kumar,
K. S. Krishna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.132645
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , sign (mathematics) , psychosis , encephalopathy , pediatrics , psychiatry , disease , magnetic resonance imaging , pathology , radiology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Young onset dementia is a challenge. We describe a case, where a patient presented with psychosis, dementia and MRI showing pulvinar sign, all of this typical of variant Cruetzfelt Jacob disease (CJD). Subsequent investigations lead to the diagnosis of a treatable illness and patient was improved and MRI sign reversed, underlining again the importance of search needed for treatable diseases in any "typical" case of fatal illness.