MRI and FDG PET/CT findings in a case of probable Heidenhain variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

J Neuroradiol. 2008 Oct;35(4):240-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neurad.2008.03.001. Epub 2008 May 7.

Abstract

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by the accumulation of a pathogenic isoform of a prion protein in neurons that is responsible for subacute dementia. The Heidenhain variant is an atypical form of CJD in which visual signs are predominant. This is a report of the case of a 65-year-old man with probable CJD of the Heidenhain variant, with topographical concordance between findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) photopenic areas on positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) for cortical parietooccipital lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Contrast Media
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electroencephalography
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18