Vas, C JMallya, M VDesai, MMahadevan, ANadkarni, N SShankar, S K2004-09-092009-06-032004-09-092009-06-032004-09-09Vas CJ, Mallya MV, Desai M, Mahadevan A, Nadkarni NS, Shankar SK. Carcinomatous meningitis mimicking Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Neurology India. 2004 Sep; 52(3): 383-4http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/121081We report a case of carcinomatous meningitis diagnosed at autopsy that was clinically diagnosed as a case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) because of rapidly evolving dementia. Pathological study revealed diffusely spreading carcinomatous meningitis, infiltrating into cortex along Virchow Robin space. Immunostaining for Prion protein was negative. Despite advances in clinical diagnosis, tissue diagnosis remains a pre-requisite for confirmation of CJD.engCreutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome --diagnosisDiagnosis, DifferentialFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansMeningeal Neoplasms --diagnosisMiddle AgedNeoplasm Metastasis --pathologyCase Reports