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Sarra H.Mohamed, Ashraf M.Osman Ismail, Hussam A.Ali. (2022).Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Linked to A Possible Dietary
Risk Factor, A Case Report.International J. of Biomed Research. 2(6): DOI:10.31579/IJBR-2022/066
Abstract:
Creutzfeldt-Jackob disease is one of the prion diseases that exhibits lethal neurological consequences and has three distinctive forms:
sporadic, genetic, and acquired. The disease is characterized by rapidly progressive multifocal dementia and myoclonus and eventually
death within few months. Several diagnostic modalities proved to have high diagnostic accuracy and spared the need for brainbiopsy.
We describe an old lady who died after forty days of a diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease basedon her presentation of a
progressive multifocal dementia, periodic triphasic waves on electroencephalography, and scattered hyperintensities in magnetic
resonance imaging. We assumed her diet was the triggering factor for her disease. Given the scarcity ofevidence on dietary factors as
a trigger factor for sporadic CJD, we would like to report this case.
Sarra H.Mohamed, Ashraf M.Osman Ismail, Hussam A.Ali. (2022).Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Linked to A Possible Dietary
Risk Factor, A Case Report.International J. of Biomed Research. 2(6): DOI:10.31579/IJBR-2022/066
Abstract:
Creutzfeldt-Jackob disease is one of the prion diseases that exhibits lethal neurological consequences and has three distinctive forms:
sporadic, genetic, and acquired. The disease is characterized by rapidly progressive multifocal dementia and myoclonus and eventually
death within few months. Several diagnostic modalities proved to have high diagnostic accuracy and spared the need for brainbiopsy.
We describe an old lady who died after forty days of a diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease basedon her presentation of a
progressive multifocal dementia, periodic triphasic waves on electroencephalography, and scattered hyperintensities in magnetic
resonance imaging. We assumed her diet was the triggering factor for her disease. Given the scarcity ofevidence on dietary factors as
a trigger factor for sporadic CJD, we would like to report this case.