| Literature DB >> 29411683 |
Natsumi Saito1, Tomohiko Ishihara1,2, Kensaku Kasuga1,3, Mana Nishida1, Takanobu Ishiguro1, Hiroaki Nozaki1,4, Takayoshi Shimohata1, Osamu Onodera1, Masatoyo Nishizawa1.
Abstract
We report a Japanese patient with spinocerebellar ataxia type 31 (SCA31) and sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). A 52-year-old man developed progressive cognitive impairment after the appearance of cerebellar symptoms. Brain MR diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) demonstrated a slowly expanding hyperintense lesion in the cerebral cortex. The patient was finally diagnosed as having both SCA31 and sCJD by identification of genetic mutations and by real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QUIC) analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), respectively. Here, we report the clinical details of this rare combined case, with particular reference to the association between prion protein and the early onset of SCA31.Entities:
Keywords: RAN translation; cerebellar ataxia; real-time quaking-induced conversion; spinocerebellar ataxia type 31; sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Mesh:
Year: 2018 PMID: 29411683 PMCID: PMC6016509 DOI: 10.1080/19336896.2018.1436926
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prion ISSN: 1933-6896 Impact factor: 3.931