Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease.
A description if given of a male patient in whom a diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was made by brain biopsy. This is believed to be the first case of this syndrome reported from Papua New Guinea.
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009512:New Guinea