CT appearance of panencephalopathic and ataxic type of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
We present a proven case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with severe involvement of white matter and cerebellum. Serial CT showed a unique pattern consisting of discrete cerebral and cerebellar atrophy, diffuse white matter hypodensity, and progressive enlargement of lateral and fourth ventricles.
Berciano
J
J
Service of Neurology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Faculty of Medicine, Santander, Spain.
Díez
C
C
Polo
J M
JM
Pascual
J
J
Figols
J
J
D001284:Atrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed