Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: focal symmetrical cortical involvement demonstrated by MR imaging.
The authors present two biopsy-proved cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. MR appears to be more sensitive than CT in detecting pathologic changes; signal abnormalities, when found, are predominantly within gray matter and may involve only peripheral cortex.
Falcone
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Department of Radiology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL.
Quencer
R M
RM
Bowen
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Bruce
J H
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Naidich
T P
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D000368:Aged; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged