[A woman with a progressive balance disorder].
A 68-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with progressive postural instability, spasticity and mental deterioration. Cerebral MRI showed a hyperintense putamen and caudate nucleus, which is characteristic of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Franciscus Ziekenhuis, Afd. Neurologie, Roosendaal, the Netherlands. a.kroeze1@students.uu.nl
Anna
A
Kroeze
Ruud
R
de Graaf
Merijn P
MP
te Lintelo
D000368:Aged; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology