Magnetic resonance imaging and neuropathological findings in two patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

J Neurol Sci. 1994 Nov;126(2):228-31. doi: 10.1016/0022-510x(94)90279-8.

Abstract

We report 2 autopsy-proven patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) showing bilateral decreased signal intensity in the thalamus on T2-weighted images. On post-mortem examination, all affected areas showed the characteristic features of CJD, such as neuronal loss, gliosis, and status spongiosus. These findings are another distinctive MRI appearance in CJD.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Basal Ganglia
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Corpus Striatum / pathology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / pathology*
  • Female
  • Globus Pallidus / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thalamus / pathology