Disease latency in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease via dural grafting: a case report.
The case of a 57-year old man is reported who had been operated upon for cerebellar angioblastoma more than 19 years previously. Having received a lyophilized dural patch he developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease of which he died 19 months later. This is the longest latency with dura-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease reported so far.
Lang
C J
CJ
Neurological Hospital, Outpatient Department, Friedrich-Alexander-University at Erlangen, Germany. christoph.lang@neuro.imed.uni-erlangen.de
Heckmann
J G
JG
Querner
V
V
Neundörfer
B
B
Kornhuber
J
J
Buchfelder
M
M
Kretzschmar
H A
HA
D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D005858:Germany; D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019737:Transplants / Q000009:adverse effects