The First Report of a Patient with Probable Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Turkey

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Adapinar D. O., ŞAYLISOY S., YENİLMEZ Ç., Aslan H., Ertan B., ARTAN S., ...Daha Fazla

DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS EXTRA, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.429-432, 2011 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1159/000332024
  • Dergi Adı: DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS EXTRA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.429-432
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Magnetic resonance imaging, Prion, Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) was first reported in the UK in 1996. Here, we report the first Turkish case of vCJD. A 47-year-old man, who has never lived outside of Turkey and had had no transfusion, was admitted to the University Hospital with speech disorder, cognitive decline and ataxia following depression, irritability, and personality change. The immunoassay of the 14-3-3 protein in the cerebrospinal fluid was negative. Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed high-signal lesions involving the bilateral caudate and lentiform nucleus on T-2- and diffusion-weighted imaging. The patient developed akinetic mutism 10 months after disease onset. The clinical presentation and neuroimaging findings were compatible with the vCJD cases reported since 1996 and met the World Health Organization's case definition for probable vCJD.Copyright (C) 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel