NR AEUI
AU Gracia,F.; Diaz,R.; Larreategui,M.; Castillo,L.
TI [Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The first case with histopathological study in Panama]
OT Enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob. Primer caso con estudio histopatologico en Panama.
QU Revista Medica de Panama 1992 May; 17(2): 86-92
PT journal article
AB We studied the clinical and histopathology findings of the first proved case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Panama. A sixty-five-years-old female patient referred from Santiago de Veraguas was admitted to Santo Tomas Hospital with a progressive clinical picture of dementia, incoordination and generalized myoclonia. The electroencephalogram showed periodic paroxysmal activity. The patient died eight months after initiated the disease. The cerebral histopathologic study was characteristic of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: status spongiform, neuronal loss and non-inflammatory gliosis was found.
MH Aged; Case Report; Cerebellar Cortex/pathology; Cerebral Cortex/pathology; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/diagnosis/*pathology; Electrocardiography; English Abstract; Female; Human; Panama
AD Seccion de Neurologia, Hospital Santo Tomas, Panama.
SP spanisch
PO Panama