Merchant Rameez
Department of Neurocritical Care, University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine, MO, USA
Publications
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Research Article
An Unusual Case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Misdiagnosed as Status Epilepticus: A Case Study
Author(s): Singh Karminder*, Arora Niraj, Shradha Kakde, Premkumar Nattanmai Chandershekran and Merchant Rameez
Introduction: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare neurodegenerative disease worldwide, with approximately 1–1.5 cases per million people per year. It is caused by a type of abnormal protein known as a prion or scrapie PrP. Infectious prions are misfolded proteins that can induce misfolding in normally folded proteins, leading to clinical symptoms. Clinical symptoms vary, with early symptoms including memory problems, behavioral changes, poor coordination, and visual and auditory disturbances. Later symptoms include dementia, involuntary movements, blindness, deafness, weakness, and coma. The varied clinical presentations pose diagnostic challenges for clinicians, requiring multiple diagnostic modalities and a high index of suspicion. Case Presentation: We present a case of a 54-year-old man with a history of complex partial seizu.. Read More»