Chorea as a presenting feature of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
We report on a patient with pathologically proven variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease in whom chorea was a presenting feature of the disease, and was unaccompanied by the typical prodrome of psychiatric disturbance or sensory symptoms.
McKee
David
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Department of Neurology, Greater Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Manchester, United Kingdom. david.mckee@srht.nhs.uk
Talbot
Paul
P
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002819:Chorea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D020649:Pulvinar / Q000473:pathology