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ing their permission to publish these cases. The histopathological examinations were performed at the National CJD Surveillance Unit by Dr James Ironside. Contributors: RdeS, JP, and DH raised the possibility of using single photon emission computed tomography as a diagnostic “pointer” in new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and RdeS wrote the paper. AR, MT, and MZ discussed the core concept and suggested amendments to the early drafts. JP and DH reviewed the final manuscript. MT contributed psychiatric data in case 2, and AR interpreted the electrophysiological data. JP and DH interpreted the single photon emission computed tomograms. DH interpreted the other radiological studies and collated these with the single photon emission computed tomography scans. MZ was involved in establishing the final diagnoses. Funding: None. Conflicts of interest: None.