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Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease: clinical cases
Khrystyna Yuskiv1, Anzhelika Payenok2, Radu Protsiuk3
1SECOND MEDICAL UNION, 5TH HOSPITAL, LVIV, UKRAINE.
A 68 y.o. woman delivered to the emergency department with severe speech impairment in a somnolent state - 13 points Glasgow Coma Scale. Her relatives described a clinical manifestation: rapidly progressive dementia, visual disturbances, abnormal gait and coordination, retrograde amnesia. A 67 y. o. man delivered to the emergency department with headache, vertigo, abnormal gait and coordination, progressive extremities weakness, disorientation, memory and concentration impairment. His relatives told about extremely rapidly progression of symptoms during last three months. First clinical case presents a Heidenhain variant, second case - Brownell - Oppenheimer variant.
A 68 y.o. woman delivered to the emergency department with severe speech impairment in a somnolent state - 13 points Glasgow Coma Scale. Her relatives described a clinical manifestation: rapidly progressive dementia, visual disturbances, abnormal gait and coordination, retrograde amnesia. A 67 y. o. man delivered to the emergency department with headache, vertigo, abnormal gait and coordination, progressive extremities weakness, disorientation, memory and concentration impairment. His relatives told about extremely rapidly progression of symptoms during last three months. First clinical case presents a Heidenhain variant, second case - Brownell - Oppenheimer variant.
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