Volume 15, Number 2—February 2009
Research
Medical Procedures and Risk for Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Japan, 1999–2008
Table 5
Characteristics of 5 sCJD patients who underwent neurosurgery or ophthalmic surgery at hospitals where other patients with prion diseases had previously undergone neurosurgery or ophthalmic surgery, Japan, 1999–2008*
Patient | Type of CJD | Onset of CJD | Date of surgery | Reason for surgery |
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1 | sCJD | 2003 Aug | 1991 Aug | Subarachinoid hemorrhage |
dCJD | 2001 May | 1976 | Spinal cord tumor | |
1986 Aug |
Spinal cord tumor |
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2 | sCJD | 2002 Feb | 1994 Sep | Subdural hematoma |
1997 Sep | Cataract | |||
dCJD |
1998 Jan |
1987 Jan |
Meningioma |
|
3 | sCJD | 2001 Jan | 1989 Apr | Subarachinoid hemorrhage |
dCJD |
1995 Jul |
1980 Jul |
Aneurysm |
|
4 | sCJD | 2001 Jul | 1999 | Spinal cord lesion (details unknown) |
dCJD |
2001 Aug |
1978 Sep |
Astrocytoma |
|
5 | sCJD | 2002 May | 2002 Apr | Cataract |
sCJD | 2002 May | 1997 Aug | Cataract | |
1999 Jan | Cataract |
*CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; sCJD, sporadic CJD; dCJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with cadaveric dura mater graft.