A CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE CASE PRESENTING WITH PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS

Abstract

Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease is an incurable and invariably fatal degenerative brain disease. Sporadic and variant forms of the disease can be observed among patients. We report on a patient for calling attention to clinical features and laboratory findings of Creutzfeldt- Jakob Disease and the psychiatric prodromal symptoms. This case demonstrates that psychiatric symptoms may also be a presenting symptom of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and this diagnosis should be considered when rapid deterioration in cognition is observed with presence of psychiatric and neurological symptoms.