1. Magnetic resonance imaging of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
- Author
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Ehud Lavi, Walter J. Milton, Scott W. Atlas, and Joan E. Mollman
- Subjects
Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Biopsy ,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome ,Degenerative disease ,Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease ,mental disorders ,Basal ganglia ,Medicine ,Humans ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,nervous system diseases ,Frontal Lobe ,Neurology ,Frontal lobe ,Repetition Time ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,business - Abstract
We report a biopsy-diagnosed patient with Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease showing on magnetic resonance images bilateral increased signal intensity in the basal ganglia on long repetition time images. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) is a degenerative process of the brain, induced by a novel infectious agent, and is usually characterized by a rapidly progressive dementia. We report a biopsy-diagnosed patient with CJD with a distinctive magnetic resonance (MR) appearance.
- Published
- 1991