An elderly lady with dementia and myoclonus : Think of Sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease

Authors

  • Noor E Jabeen Senior House officer, Dept. of Neurology, United Hospital Ltd, Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212
  • Sanzida Akhter Specialist, Dept. of Neurology, United Hospital Ltd, Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212
  • Mohd Mozibor Rahman Consultant, Dept. of Neurology, United Hospital Ltd, Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bccj.v6i2.38587

Keywords:

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD), dementia

Abstract

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) is an incurable, invariably fatal, rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by an abnormal isoform of a cellular glycoprotein known as the prion protein. CJD occurs worldwide, estimated annual incidence is about one case per million populations per year. Sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (sCJD) is a human prion disease; infection with this disease usually leads to death within one year of onset of illness. The characteristic clinical & diagnostic features of rapidly progressive dementia, myoclonus, visual or cerebellar signs, pyramidal/extrapyramidal sign, Akinetic mutism and positive result on the presence of 14-3-3 protein in CSF assay, typical EEG features and MRI findings of brain are highly suggestive of diagnosis. Biopsy of brain for histopathological examination is more specific & confirmatory for diagnosis. This article reports a case of sCJD who was diagnosed by characteristic findings of MRI of brain, Electroencephalography (EEG) & cerebrospinal (CSF) assay at National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore and later on admitted at United Hospital Limited (UHL) Dhaka for palliative and supportive management.

Bangladesh Crit Care J September 2018; 6(2): 100-101

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Published

2018-10-15

How to Cite

Jabeen, N. E., Akhter, S., & Rahman, M. M. (2018). An elderly lady with dementia and myoclonus : Think of Sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Bangladesh Critical Care Journal, 6(2), 100–101. https://doi.org/10.3329/bccj.v6i2.38587

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Case Reports