Cortical and bithalamic hypometabolism by FDG-PET/CT in a patient with sporadic fatal insomnia

Neurology. 2019 Apr 2;92(14):675-677. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007240. Epub 2019 Mar 6.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Cortex / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cerebral Cortex / metabolism
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Insomnia, Fatal Familial / diagnosis
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Prion Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prion Diseases / genetics
  • Prion Diseases / metabolism
  • Prion Diseases / physiopathology
  • Prion Proteins / genetics
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Thalamus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thalamus / metabolism

Substances

  • PRNP protein, human
  • Prion Proteins
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18

Supplementary concepts

  • Acquired CJD