A 53-year-old woman who died after several years of a dementing illness with intermittent generalized seizures and abnormal movements of the extremities and head
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A 53-year-old woman died after developing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a brain disorder that is characterized by dementia, muscle spasms, incoordination and other neurological symptoms. The patient was admitted to the hospital after she had episodes of uncontrollable agitation and possible seizures. She had been suffering from dementia for several years before being admitted to the hospital. She had a seizure two days after being admitted to the hospital. An electroencephalogram and a computed tomographic (CT) scan were abnormal, and treatment with phenytoin was begun. She was transferred to a long-term care hospital 17 days after admission to the hospital, and she died three months before her 54th birthday. An autopsy of her brain revealed that her symptoms were probably a result of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1993
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A 74-year-old man with dementia, parkinsonism, and an insular lesion
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An unusual case of coexisting brain tumor and dementia in a 74-year-old man is presented. The patient was admitted to the hospital with progressively declining movement and mental abilities, tremor, and visual hallucinations. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a tumor in the right temporal cortex. Biopsy of the lesion determined that it was an anaplastic astrocytoma, and allowed for pathological diagnosis of the type of dementia. Cells from the frontal cortex contained abnormalities consistent with a diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1998
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A 23-year-old man with seizures and a lesion in the left temporal lobe
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Doctors describe the case of a 23-year-old man with seizures and an abnormality in the left hemisphere of his brain who was found to have neurocysticercosis. This condition is caused by the larvae of the pork tapeworm, which can travel to the brain as well as other organs.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2000
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