Periodic EEG discharges and status spongiosus of the cerebral cortex in anoxic encephalopathy: a necropsy case report.
A periodic EEG pattern very similar to the changes in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was seen in a case of anoxic encephalopathy. Necropsy revealed status spongiosus of the cerebral cortex. Generalised repetitive sharp transients in anoxic encephalopathy occur when the patient is comatose and carry a poor prognosis. They are not specific for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012151:Resuscitation