title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: the need to widen the differential diagnosis.
abstract: We report the case of a 76 year old woman who presented with a clinical picture initially typical of a vascular dementia. The diagnosis was revised to Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease in the terminal stages. While Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease is rare, one must consider it in the differential diagnosis as it can mimic other dementias particularly in the chronic form which we describe here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Gartnavael Royal Hospital, Glasgow.
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bishop-Miller
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Coles
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans