Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare (Dec 2010)

Rapidly Progressive Dementia in a 65-Year-Old Man

  • Simon Kang Seng Ting MRCP,
  • Teh Aun Lim FRCR,
  • Yew Long Lo MMed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/201010581001900412
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19

Abstract

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Cognitive impairment is a common complaint in an aging society, should be differentiated clinically into chronic and rapidly progressive categories. This case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) illustrates the typical clinical features, imaging and EEG changes of an important cause of rapidly progressive dementia.