NR ARKT
AU Vas,C.J.; Mallya,M.V.; Desai,M.; Mahadevan,A.; Nadkarni,N.S.; Shankar,S.K.
TI Carcinomatous meningitis mimicking Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
QU Neurology India 2004 Sep; 52(3): 383-4
PT case reports; journal article
AB We report a case of carcinomatous meningitis diagnosed at autopsy that was clinically diagnosed as a case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) because of rapidly evolving dementia. Pathological study revealed diffusely spreading carcinomatous meningitis, infiltrating into cortex along Virchow Robin space. Immunostaining for Prion protein was negative. Despite advances in clinical diagnosis, tissue diagnosis remains a pre-requisite for confirmation of CJD.
MH Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/diagnosis/*pathology/psychology; Diagnosis, Differential; Fatal Outcome; Female; Humans; Meningeal Neoplasms/diagnosis/*pathology/psychology; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Metastasis/pathology
AD Department of Neurology, Goa Medical College, Bombolim, Goa, India.
SP englisch
PO Indien