Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after extracranial dura mater embolization for a nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
We report a 25-year-old man with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) who had received dura mater embolization in the external carotid artery for a nasopharyngeal angiofibroma 90 months earlier. The patient was heterozygotous (Met/Val) at codon 129. This case suggests that dura mater embolization can be responsible for the CJD.
Antoine
J C
JC
Department of Neurology, Hôpital de Bellevue, University of Saint-Etienne, France.
Michel
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D
Bertholon
P
P
Mosnier
J F
JF
Laplanche
J L
JL
Beaudry
P
P
Hauw
J J
JJ
Veyret
C
C
D000328:Adult; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000637:transplantation*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018622:PrP 27-30 Protein / Q000378:metabolism
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