% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence
% of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older.
% Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or
% “biber”.
@ARTICLE{Marquetand:139709,
author = {Marquetand, Justus and Knake, Susanne and Strzelczyk, Adam
and Steinhoff, Bernhard J and Lerche, Holger and Synofzik,
Matthis and Focke, Niels K},
title = {{P}eriodic {EEG} patterns in sporadic
{C}reutzfeld-{J}akob-{D}isease can be
benzodiazepine-responsive and be difficult to distinguish
from non-convulsive status epilepticus.},
journal = {Seizure},
volume = {53},
issn = {1059-1311},
address = {Oxford [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {DZNE-2020-06031},
pages = {47-50},
year = {2017},
abstract = {Periodic discharges in EEG and a history of rapidly
progressive dementia are known to be associated with
sporadic Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (sCJD). Doubts regarding
this rare but fatal diagnosis can arise, when episodic
symptoms (seizures, psychiatric features, speech
disturbances) are present and the EEG shows epileptiform
discharges within this periodicity. This scenario may
indicate non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE), which is
- in contrast to sCJD - a treatable and frequent
condition.Herein we report a small retrospective study of 4
elderly patients, who suffered from sCJD, but due to
episodic symptoms and benzodiazepine-responsive epileptiform
discharges in combination to a subacute cognitive decline,
NCSE was considered as a potential differential diagnosis
and therefore treated aggressively.Ultimately, this
treatment was not successful and sCJD was diagnosed in all
cases. Hence, there was no diagnostic and prognostic value
of abolishing periodic discharges in EEG via benzodiazepines
in differentiating sCJD from NCSE in our series.These
findings indicate that periodic discharges in sCJD can be
responsive to benzodiazepines andnot necessarily help to
differentiate differentiation between sCJD and NCSE of other
causes. We argue that an aggressive anticonvulsive treatment
in this scenario should be considered cautiously, especially
for invasive options like general anesthesia.},
keywords = {Aged / Benzodiazepines: administration $\&$ dosage /
Benzodiazepines: pharmacology / Cognitive Dysfunction:
diagnosis / Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome: diagnosis /
Diagnosis, Differential / Electroencephalography: methods /
Female / Humans / Male / Retrospective Studies / Status
Epilepticus: diagnosis / Status Epilepticus: drug therapy /
Benzodiazepines (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Gasser},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1210000},
pnm = {345 - Population Studies and Genetics (POF3-345)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-345},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:29125945},
doi = {10.1016/j.seizure.2017.10.023},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/139709},
}