title: Diagnosing sporadic creutzfeldt-jakob disease in a patient with a suspected status epilepticus in the intensive care unit.
abstract: Objective. Several tests are available in the diagnostics of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD); however, none of these is conclusive. We review the values of these tests, from an intensive care unit (ICU) perspective. Methods. Case report and review of the literature. Results. A 53-year-old woman initially presenting with psychiatric symptoms developed myoclonus and was admitted 1 month later to the ICU with a suspected nonconvulsive status epilepticus and respiratory insufficiency, probably due to extensive antiepileptic drug therapy. Typical MRI and EEG findings and a positive 14-3-3 protein led to the diagnosis of sCJD. All treatments were terminated, and autopsy confirmed sCJD. Conclusions. Clinical signs combined with MRI, EEG, and 14-3-3 and/or tau protein determination might be sufficient to diagnose or exclude sCJD and may therefore prevent the application of unnecessary diagnostic tests.
authors: University Medical Centre Groningen, GN, The Netherlands.
authors: Harm J
authors: HJ
authors: van der Horn
authors: Peter H
authors: PH
authors: Egbers
authors: Michaël A
authors: MA
authors: Kuiper
authors: Wouter J
authors: WJ
authors: Schuiling
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