Abstract

WILMER, VILLAMIL et al. Creutzfeld Jakob Disease: case report. Infect. [online]. 2007, vol.11, n.3, pp.124-128. ISSN 0123-9392.

A case of a 65 years old patient with visual and auditory hallucinations, left hemibody stiffness which progressed to the right side, with demonstration by electroencephalography abundant slow triphasic waves, alternating with periods of of wideness reduction, is presented. Brain histopathology showed astrogliosis and cytoplasm and neuron vacuolisation, which suggest a prionic disease.

Keywords : Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome; prion diseases; Colombia.

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