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Case 34 - sCJD with Negative 14–3–3?

from Part 7 - Misinterpreting Test Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2020

Keith Josephs ,
Federico Rodriguez-Porcel ,
Rhonna Shatz ,
Daniel Weintraub  and
Alberto Espay
Keith Josephs
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Federico Rodriguez-Porcel
Affiliation:
Medical University of South Carolina
Rhonna Shatz
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
Daniel Weintraub
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
Alberto Espay
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
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Summary

This 79-year-old left-handed woman presented after six months of progressive cognitive and behavioral changes. She rapidly became forgetful and easily confused, irritable, and had delusional thinking of people trying to harm her emerging over two weeks. Within three months, her language declined to the point where she couldn’t follow commands or produce intelligible or coherent speech. Her balance and walking declined, rendering her wheelchair bound. Her prior medication regimen consisted of amlodipine and atorvastatin, with no changes in recent years.

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Common Pitfalls in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
A Case-Based Approach
 , pp. 107 - 109
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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