Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a man surviving COVID-19 : disentangling a casual or causal association by neuropathology
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BACKGROUND: Literature reporting the onset of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) immediately after COVID-19 infection has strengthened a possible causal link between infection and neurodegeneration. Here, we report a novel case undergoing detailed neuropathological assessment.
CASE REPORT: Two months after he had contracted SARS-CoV-2 infection, a 54-year-old man manifested a subacute onset of ataxia, headache, anosmia, and hallucinations, followed by rapidly progressive cognitive decline. Electroencephalography documented unspecific slowing with periodic polyphasic delta waves. Brain MRI showed hyperintensities of basal ganglia and thalami on DWI/FLAIR. CSF tested positive for the 14-3-3 protein, and prion seeding activity was demonstrated by the real-time quaking-induced conversion assay. The patient died 2 months after the neurologic onset. The neuropathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of CJD and ruled out COVID-19-related encephalitis.
DISCUSSION: To disentangle the link between COVID-19 infection and CJD, neuropathology is essential determining the extent of changes related to both conditions. In our patient, we did not find any specific abnormality related to COVID-19. Our conclusion is in line with the current worldwide epidemiological data that do not show an increase in CJD cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - (2024) vom: 05. Apr. |
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Date Revised 05.04.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status Publisher |
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| 520 | |a BACKGROUND: Literature reporting the onset of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) immediately after COVID-19 infection has strengthened a possible causal link between infection and neurodegeneration. Here, we report a novel case undergoing detailed neuropathological assessment | ||
| 520 | |a CASE REPORT: Two months after he had contracted SARS-CoV-2 infection, a 54-year-old man manifested a subacute onset of ataxia, headache, anosmia, and hallucinations, followed by rapidly progressive cognitive decline. Electroencephalography documented unspecific slowing with periodic polyphasic delta waves. Brain MRI showed hyperintensities of basal ganglia and thalami on DWI/FLAIR. CSF tested positive for the 14-3-3 protein, and prion seeding activity was demonstrated by the real-time quaking-induced conversion assay. The patient died 2 months after the neurologic onset. The neuropathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of CJD and ruled out COVID-19-related encephalitis | ||
| 520 | |a DISCUSSION: To disentangle the link between COVID-19 infection and CJD, neuropathology is essential determining the extent of changes related to both conditions. In our patient, we did not find any specific abnormality related to COVID-19. Our conclusion is in line with the current worldwide epidemiological data that do not show an increase in CJD cases since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
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