MRI of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: asymmetric high signal intensity of the basal ganglia.
We report a pathologically proven case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) with striking asymmetry in abnormal high signal intensity of the basal ganglia on long-repetition-time MRI. Symmetric or asymmetric high signal intensity of the basal ganglia, in the appropriate clinical setting, may be a specific finding of CJD.
D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology*; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged