Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting as bulbar palsy
Autor(es): Mittal Manoj,Hammond Nancy,Husmann Kathrin,Lele Abhijit,Pasnoor Mamatha
Resumo: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a degenerative neurological disorder caused by a prion protein. The diagnosis may be challenging in unusual early presentations. A bulbar symptom as the initial complaint is a rare presentation for CJD, with only a few reports so far. These patients can be misdiagnosed with motor neuron disease or the Miller Fisher variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome. We describe a 69-year-old woman with CJD who presented with bulbar symptoms at the onset.
Palavras-Chave: 4qA; FSHD; Haplotype analysis; Subtelomeric regions; SSLP
Imprenta: Muscle & Nerve, v. 42, n. 5, p. 833-835, 2010
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1002/mus.21849
Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Cytopathology ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Pathogenesis
Data de publicação: 2010
