Rapidly progressive sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: isolated Heidenhain variant or a combination with PRES?
Pedro Henrique Almeida Fraiman, Carolina Militão Teixeira, Juliano César Dantas de Oliveira, Thadeu Alexandre Paulino de Sousa, Manuel Moreira Neto, Clécio Godeiro‐Júnior
Abstract
A 70-year-old man presented with rapidly progressive cognitive impairment with ataxia and myoclonus. Visual agnosia was noticed after blood pressure oscillations, during immunoglobulin therapy for suspected autoimmune encephalitis.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineDiseaseVirologyPediatricsInternal medicinePrion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingAlcoholism and Thiamine DeficiencyNeurological and metabolic disorders