Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting as progressive aphasia.
The syndrome of slowly progressive aphasia usually has been associated with Pick's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or an isolated focal degenerative disorder of unknown etiology involving the left perisylvian cortex. This report is of a patient with progressive aphasia due to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology*; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged