Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: further similarities with kuru.
A typical case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is described. Two unusual morphological features-namely, `kuru-like' plaques in the cerebellum and coarsely vacuolated neurones in the striatum-are further similarities between Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and kuru.
D001344:Autopsy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000473:pathology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies; D007729:Kuru / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009457:Neuroglia; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology