Panencephalitic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Unusual presentation of magnetic resonance imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
1996
Abstract We present serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans on a biopsy-verified case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The initial MRI scan demonstrated increased T2 signal-intensity within the basal ganglia and thalami. Subsequent MRI scans demonstrated a thin cortex, increased T2 signals diffusely within the white matter including U-fibers, and hypointense T2 signals within the basal ganglia, and thalami. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( 1 H-MRS) study showed an absence of creatine, choline and N -acetylaspartate signals. By these characteristic findings, serial MRI and MRS studies may be helpful in differentiating CJD from other dementing illnesses.
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