| Identifier |
walsh_2007_s1_c5 |
| Title |
A Mercurial Course |
| Creator |
Melissa W. Ko, MD; Sashank Prasad, MD; Edward Lee, MD; Nicholas Gonatas, MD; Matthew Stern, MD; Steven Galetta, MD |
| Affiliation |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Subject |
Diplopia; Gait Ataxia; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome; Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive |
| History |
A 61-year old male with a 9-month history of progressive diplopia, dysarthria, ataxic gait, worsening memory impairment, anxiety depression, sleep disturbances and a 30-pound loss of weight. |
| Pathology |
Prion protein disease demonstrated by granular deposition and varying degrees of spongiosis in the caudate and putamen. |
| Disease/Diagnosis |
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease |
| Clinical |
Slow vertical saccades; Rebound nystagmus; Impaired vertical and horizontal pursuits |
| Presenting Symptom |
Diplopia; Dysarthria; Ataxic gait |
| Neuroimaging |
CT; MRI |
| Date |
2007-02 |
| References |
1. Grant MP, Cohen M, Petersen RB, et al. Abnormal eye movements in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Annals Neurol 1993; 34(2):192-197. 2. Bertoni JM, Brown P, Goldfarb LG, Rubenstein R, Gajdusek DC. Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (codon 200 mutation) with supranuclear palsy. JAMA 1992; 268(17):2413-2415. 3. Liu GT, Volpe NJ, Galetta SL. Eye movement disorders: conjugate gaze abnormalities. In Liu GT, Volpe NJ, Galetta SL (eds): Neuro-ophthalmalogy: diagnosis and management. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 2001. 4. Shimamura M, Uyama E, Hirano T, Murakami T, Mita S, Kitamoto T, Uchino M. A unique case of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease presenting as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Internal Med 2003; 42(2): 195-198. 5. Josephs KA, Tsuboi Y, Dickson DW. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting as progressive supranuclear palsy. European J of Neurol 2004; 11:343-346. |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
39th Annual Frank Walsh Society Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NANOS Annual Meeting Frank B. Walsh Sessions; 2007 |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh Session Annual Meeting Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/Walsh/ |
| Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s69g5qkb |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_fbw |
| ID |
178304 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69g5qkb |
