23 November 2020
: Case report
Cerebellar Vertigo as an Unspecific Initial Presentation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Rare disease
Maham Mehmood1ABCDEF, Haider Ghazanfar1ABCDEF*, Manjeet S. Dhallu2ABCDEF, Eghosa Omoregie2ABCDEFDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.927955
Am J Case Rep 2020; 21:e927955
Table 1. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis.
Test | Result |
---|---|
Color | Colorless |
Appearance | Clear |
WBC count | 0 |
RBC count | 13 |
Glucose | 84 mg/dL |
Protein | 46 mg/dL |
Lactic acid | 1.7 mmoles/L |
Gram stain | No organism seen |
Bacterial antigen | Negative |
AFB | Negative |
VDRL | Non-reactive |
Fungal culture | Negative |
Viral culture | Negative |
Aerobic culture | Negative |
Multiple sclerosis panel | Negative |
Cryptococcus antigen | Not detected |
Cytomegalovirus Ab, Quantitative DNA-PCR | Negative |
HSV by PCR | Not detected |
RT-QulC | Positive |
T tau protein (CSF) | >4000 pg/ml |
14-3-3 protein | Positive |