| Title | Probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after a cadaveric dural graft |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1995 |
| Authors | Lang CJ, Schuler P, Engelhardt A, Spring A, Brown P |
| Journal | Eur J Epidemiol |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 79 - 81 |
| Date Published | Feb |
| ISSN | 0393-2990 (Print) 0393-2990 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 7489777 |
| Keywords | *Disease Transmission, Infectious, Adult, Astrocytoma / surgery, Cadaver, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / etiology / *transmission, Dura Mater / *transplantation, Electroencephalography, Fatal Outcome, Female, Humans, Iatrogenic Disease, Reoperation, Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery, Tissue Transplantation / adverse effects |
| Abstract | A 26-year old female who had received a cervical cadaveric dural graft 7 years earlier developed psychotic behavior and generalized myoclonic jerks. Following rapid deterioration and appearance of high-charge sharp periodic waves on electroencephalography she died within two months. We believe that this patient is the first German who acquired Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by dural implant. |
| Notify Library Reference ID | 866 |
