title: MRI abnormalities in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
abstract: Two patients with biopsy-proven Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease had MRI studies that revealed increased signal in the basal ganglia on T-2 weighted images, suggesting that MRI can be a useful diagnostic instrument in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029-6574.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Rocco
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Molinari
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Stollman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Yahr
mesh_terms: D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology*; D001706:Biopsy; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000473:pathology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged