Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease manifesting as posterior cortical dementia

A 70-year-old right-handed woman developed left hemineglect. Her memory, insight, and judgment were normal, but dressing apraxia, acalculia, and Balint syndrome were observed, consistent with posterior cortical dementia (PCD).1 MRI demonstrated atrophy of the parieto-occipital cortices (figure, A), where cortical hyperintensity by …