Poster ()- #SHM15 - KEYWORDS: Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, Heidenhain variant, metamorphopsia

Deceiving Optics of a Distorted Vision: A Rare Look into Heidenhain Variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Alokananda Bhattacharya, MD; Shreya Amin, PA-C; Anthony Castellano, PA-C; Sonika Chouhan, PA-C; Albin Mammen, MD; Allison Narod, PA-C; Katharine Reilly, PA-C; Zorica Stojanovic, MD
Columbia University, NewYork-Presbyterian/Allen Hospital, New York, NY

ABSTRACT:
We report the case of a 74-year-old man with metamorphopsia, palinopsia, headache, deficit of attention, labile affect, and bulbar, motor, and autonomic dysfunction. Given his visual symptoms, rapid deterioration, and presence of spinal protein 14-3-3, we diagnosed him with probable Heidenhain variant of sporadic CJD, which is estimated to occur from 1:5 to 1:25 million.