Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. First Clinical-Pathological Case Report in Ecuador.

Introduction Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) has not yet been described in Ecuador Methods We present a 53-year-old patient who came to the Neurology Department of the Eugenio Espejo Hospital because of clinical symptoms and EEG and MRI tests that met the criteria for a diagnosis of CJD. which was later confirmed by neuropathological findings Results That patient was admitted to the hospital because of visual impairments and ataxia During his stay in the hospital, in addition to blindness, myoclonus and bilateral cortico-spinal signs. the patient's cognitive functions declined rapidly and progressively The clinical symptoms, the EEG and MRI were highly suggestive of CJD. The neuropathological findings confirmed this diagnosis Conclusion We report the first case in Ecuador, with neuropathological confirmation, of a patient diagnosed with the Heidenham variant of sCJD