Reversible "Pulvinar sign" in Wernicke's encephalopathy

Reversible "Pulvinar sign" in Wernicke's encephalopathy

Young onset dementia is a challenge. We describe a case, where a patient presented with psychosis, dementia and MRI showing pulvinar sign, all of this typical of variant Cruetzfelt Jacob disease (CJD). Subsequent investigations lead to the diagnosis of a treatable illness and patient was improved an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of the Indian Academy of Neurology 2014-06, Vol.17 (2), p.222-224
Hauptverfasser: Gopalakrishnan, Biju, Ashraf, V V, Kumar, Praveen, Kiran, Krishna
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Young onset dementia is a challenge. We describe a case, where a patient presented with psychosis, dementia and MRI showing pulvinar sign, all of this typical of variant Cruetzfelt Jacob disease (CJD). Subsequent investigations lead to the diagnosis of a treatable illness and patient was improved and MRI sign reversed, underlining again the importance of search needed for treatable diseases in any "typical" case of fatal illness.
ISSN:0972-2327
1998-3549
DOI:10.4103/09722327.132645