Sporadic Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease presenting as primary progressive aphasia.
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OBJECTIVE To report the clinical, neuropsychological, linguistic, imaging, and neuropathological features of a unique case of sporadic Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease in which the patient presented with a logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia. DESIGN Case report. SETTING Large referral center for atypical memory and aging disorders, particularly Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease. PATIENT Patient presenting with logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia initially thought to be due to Alzheimer disease. RESULTS Despite the long, slow 3.5-year course, the patient was shown to have pathology-proven sporadic Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease. CONCLUSIONS These findings expand the differential of primary progressive aphasia to include prion disease.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JAMA neurology
دوره 70 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013