Mbodji, Ahmadou Bamba and Diop, Alassane Mamadou and Ndiaye, Momo Banda and Mbacke, Serigne Saliou and Mbaye, Khalifa Ababacar and Diagne, Rokhaya and Niang, Ibrahima and Gaye, Ndiaga Matar and Fall, Maouly and Sow, Adjaratou and Basse, Anna and Seck, Lala Bouna and Ndiaye, Moustapha and Diop, Amadou Gallo (2022) Creutzfeldt Jacob’s Disease: A Senegalese Observation. Neuroscience and Medicine, 13 (01). pp. 43-48. ISSN 2158-2912
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Abstract
Creuzfelt-Jakob Disease is a rare and progressive neurodegenerative disease that results in fatal, transmissible, subacute, spongiform encephalopathy characterized by rapidly progressive dementia and movement disorder. We present a 62-year-old male with no medical history who was admitted to our hospital because of gait and balance disturbance, language impairment and progressive motor deficit of the four limbs. A neurological examination found frontal lobe syndrome signs, myoclonic movements, pyramidal and extra-pyramidal signs. Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging detected high intensity areas in the basal ganglia. EEG showed generalized triphasic sharp-wave complexes. A Cerebro Spinal Fluid examination found protein 14-3-3. Death occurred six months after onset. This is the first known case of Creuzfelt-Jakob Disease documented in Senegal.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Librbary Digital > Medical Science |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email support@librbarydigit.com |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2023 11:20 |
Last Modified: | 09 Jul 2024 08:21 |
URI: | http://info.openarchivelibrary.com/id/eprint/118 |