title: [Thalamic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease].
abstract: We report a patient presenting with rapid progressive dementia. Neuropathological findings indicative for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease--vacuolisation, nerve cell loss and gliosis--were found isolated in the thalamus and the basal ganglia. Clinical, neurophysiological and pathological findings in thalamic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease differentiate significantly to other forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
authors.affiliation: Neurologische Klinik im St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Heye
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stoltenburg-Didinger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Glasner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cervós-Novarro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000502:physiology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000473:pathology; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology