Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: the need to widen the differential diagnosis.
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.
Walsh
E T
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Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Gartnavael Royal Hospital, Glasgow.
Bishop-Miller
J
J
Coles
R J
RJ
D000368:Aged; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans