CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB-DISEASE - WHAT IS THE ROLE OF MAGNETIC-RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY

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KUJAT, C [1 ]
HAGEN, T [1 ]
FEIDEN, W [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SAARLAND,NEUROPATHOL ABT,D-66421 HOMBURG,GERMANY
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RADIOLOGE | 1995年 / 35卷 / 11期
关键词
CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;
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R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
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1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, but fatal and transmissible brain disease. The clinical diagnosis is based upon progressing dementia, myoclonic jerks and characteristic EEG changes, but it is difficult to diagnose and not only in the early phase of the disease. Cerebral biopsy is reserved for individual selected cases and contested because of the darger of contamination from instruments and potential transmission. We report three patients with histologically confirmed MRI is a valuable tool for the diagnosis of this disease.
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