Superficial bedside brain biopsy can be a safe and practical approach to confirm a rare form of prion disease in cerebellar ataxia: A case study.
Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Neurology, Thomayer Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address: robert.rusina@lf1.cuni.cz.
Robert
R
Rusina
Department of Neurosurgery, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Military University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
David
D
Netuka
Department of Neurology, Thomayer Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
Silvie
S
Johanidesová
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Thomayer Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
Magdalena
M
Smětáková
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Thomayer Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Pathology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
Zuzana
Z
Mouchová
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Thomayer Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Pathology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
Radoslav
R
Matěj
D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D000067716:Point-of-Care Testing
Brain biopsy; Brownell-Oppenheimer syndrome; Cerebellar ataxia; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease