Symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Hashimoto’s encephalitis
| Symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the order of frequency with which they appear (%) (Based on our observations) | Symptoms of Hashimoto’s encephalitis in the order of frequency with which they appear (%) (According to data contained in the literature) | |
|---|---|---|
| Dementia (97) | Epileptic seizures (63) | |
| Myoclonus (88) | Reduced consciousness (54) | |
| Cerebellar symptoms (86) | Dementia (52) | |
| Extrapyramidal signs (68) | Psychosis (48) | |
| Akinetic mutism (55) | Personality change (39) | |
| Pyramidal signs (54) | Myoclonus (33) | |
| Visual symptoms (53) | Ataxia (28) | |
| Personality change (50) | Pyramidal signs (28) | |
| Startle reactions (29) | Stroke-like episodes (26) | |
| Hallucinations (17) | Hallucinations (19) | |
| Focal symptoms (rare) | Extrapyramidal movement disorder (7) | |
| Epileptic seizures (rare) | Dysarthria (7) | |
| Symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | Symptoms of both | Symptoms of Hashimoto encephalitis |
| Dementia | ||
| Myoclonus | ||
| Akinetic mutism | Personality change | Reduced consciousness |
| Visual symptoms | Impairment of higher cortical functions | Stroke-like episodes |
| Startle reactions | Extrapyramidal signs | Epileptic seizures |
| Pyramidal signs | ||
| Hallucinations | ||
| Rapidly progressive disease course | Ataxia | Fluctuating disease course |