Diffusion-weighted imaging MRI in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging in Biopsy-Proven Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

OBJECTIVE To compare conventional and diffusion-weighted MR imaging in terms of their depiction of the abnormalities occurring in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the findings of conventional (T2-weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery) and diffusion-weighted MR imaging in four patients with biopsy-proven Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The sign...

Diffusion weighted imaging in sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob disease

unilateral cortical hyperintensity in diffusion-weighted mri; new criteria for early sporadic creutzfeldt-jakob disease.

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Abnormal diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

BACKGROUND Traditional imaging methods, including computed tomography, routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetic resonance spectroscopy, have not been particularly useful in the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Although abnormalities can be seen using these methods, the findings are evident only late in the disease or lack specificity or sensitivity. OBJECTIVE To des...

Unilateral cortical hyperintensity in diffusion-weighted MRI; New criteria for early sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a rapidly progressive fatal prion disease. The proposed diagnostic criteria1,2 are not sufficiently helpful for diagnosis in early stages of the disorder. A 69-year-old female was brought to our hospital with a history of 3 weeks left side hemiparesis and the progressive loss of speech and attention. She was awake and mute without any purposeful beha...