title: Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mimicking variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The determination of the form of prion disease and early diagnosis are important for prognostic, public health, and epidemiologic reasons.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe a patient with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) who had a clinical history and initial electroencephalogram and magnetic resonance imaging findings consistent with variant CJD (vCJD).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results of a repeated electroencephalogram were suggestive of sCJD, and a subsequent brain biopsy confirmed this diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case cautions against relying solely on T2- and diffusion-weighted pulvinar hyperintensity and clinical features to differentiate between vCJD and sCJD, and further supports established diagnostic criteria for vCJD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California-San Francisco, 94143, USA. mgeschwind@memory.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martindale
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Geschwind
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Armond
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Jane H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Uyehara-Lock
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gaskin
authors.forename: Bruce L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020649:Pulvinar / Q000473:pathology