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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: An Outpatient Presentation

ABSTRACT. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is one of several transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion diseases that cause degeneration of the central nervous system. The absence of a reliable pre-mortem test and the delayed appearance of periodic sharp complexes that are associated with CJD on the EEG tracing until late in the course of the disease make early diagnosis difficult. This report discusses the case of a 65-year-old woman who presented to the outpatient EEG laboratory with symptoms of episodic jerking, new onset of confusion, and progressive loss of coordination that continued over three weeks. Serial EEG studies documenting the progressive appearance of periodic sharp waves along with a positive test for the 14-3-3 protein in her cerebrospinal fluid resulted in a final diagnosis of CJD.