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 |






