Chorea as a presenting feature of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

David McKee; Paul Talbot

doi:10.1002/mds.10423

Chorea as a presenting feature of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Mov Disord. 2003 Jul;18(7):837-8. doi: 10.1002/mds.10423.

Authors

David McKee¹, Paul Talbot

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Greater Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Manchester, United Kingdom. david.mckee@srht.nhs.uk

PMID: 12815669
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10423

Abstract

We report on a patient with pathologically proven variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease in whom chorea was a presenting feature of the disease, and was unaccompanied by the typical prodrome of psychiatric disturbance or sensory symptoms.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain / pathology
Chorea / etiology*
Chorea / pathology
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / diagnosis*
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Electroencephalography
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neurologic Examination
Neuropsychological Tests
Pulvinar / pathology