Isolated myoclonic alien hand as the sole presentation of pathologically established Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: A report of two patients

D. J.L. MacGowan; N. Delanty; F. Petito; M. Edgar; J. Mastrianni; S. J. DeArmond

doi:10.1136/jnnp.63.3.404

Isolated myoclonic alien hand as the sole presentation of pathologically established Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: A report of two patients

D. J.L. MacGowan, N. Delanty, F. Petito, M. Edgar, J. Mastrianni, S. J. DeArmond

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Abstract

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may have many atypical presentations before the development of classic progressive dementia and startle myoclonus. In two patients with pathologically established disease association with a progressive alien hand syndrome was the sole initial manifestation of the disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	404-407
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Volume	63
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.63.3.404
State	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Alien hand
Clinical presentation
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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