Open AccessSporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Case report
Author(s) -
Joseph Bruno Bidin Brooks,
Fábio César Prosdócimi,
Fernanda Stoffel Covolan,
Iane Rocha Holanda,
Amanda Medeiros de Lucena,
Eduarda Mendes Prado Macedo,
Bianca Angerami de Souza Albero,
Lucas Veiga Guimaraes
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5327/1516-3180.184
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , myoclonus , disease , dementia , medicine , pediatrics , spasticity , aphasia , pathology , psychiatry , physical medicine and rehabilitation , paleontology , biology
Context: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare disease that belongs to the category of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. The condition is invariably fatal and progresses with severe dementia with psychiatric signs and, with cortical, subcortical and cerebellar signs. This case report was approved by the Ethics Committee of Universidade Metropolitana de Santos. Case Report: We present the case of a 59-year-old male patient who presented with a subacute onset of behavioral changes associated with myoclonus and changes in coordination. Associated with the described symptoms, he presented aphasia of expression, cerebellar incoordination and spasticity was also present in the four limbs. Conclusions: The usual forms of transmission could not be confirmed for this patient, who died four months after the onset of symptoms.