Transcranial ultrasound of the basal ganglia in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_BB95361983DB
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Transcranial ultrasound of the basal ganglia in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Journal
Journal of neuroimaging
Author(s)
Martin M., Thomas T., Ekkehard H., Katharina S.
ISSN
1051-2284 (Print)
ISSN-L
1051-2284
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
18
Number
2
Pages
154-157
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is characterized by the core symptoms of rapid progressive dementia, myoclonus, and typical periodic sharp wave complexes (PSWC) on electroencephalography (EEG). In recent years, imaging techniques have become more and more important in the diagnostic process of CJD. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is very characteristic and the most accurate imaging technique to be of help in diagnosing CJD. In this study, we applied transcranial color-coded ultrasound (TCCS) in three cases of sporadic CJD. We found that all of them had in common a typical ultrasound tissue image of the lentiform nucleus, best to be described as a blurry inhomogeneous hyperechogenic signal pattern where usually the echogenicity is mostly homogeneously hypoechogenic.
Keywords
Aged, Basal Ganglia Diseases/diagnostic imaging, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/diagnostic imaging, Diagnosis, Differential, Disease Progression, Echoencephalography, Electroencephalography, Fatal Outcome, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged
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