To report the clinical, neuropsychological, linguistic, imaging, and neuropathological features of a unique case of sporadic Jakob - Creutzfeldt disease in which the patient
presented with a logopenic variant of primary progressive
aphasia.Case report.Large referral center for atypical memory and aging disorders, particularly Jakob - Creutzfeldt disease.Patient
presenting with logopenic variant primary progressive
aphasia initially thought to be due to Alzheimer disease.Despite the long, slow 3.5 - year course, the patient was shown to have pathology - proven sporadic Jakob - Creutzfeldt disease.These findings expand the differential of primary progressive
aphasia to include prion disease.
Treated adults with speech, language and swallowing deficits
presenting with diagnoses including Parkinson's disease,
aphasia, dementia, bronchopulmonary diseases, bell's palsy and cancer.