Form assigned CJD

FORM FOR INVESTIGATING
CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE CASES AGED <55 YEARS

Form Approved
OMB 0920-009

CDC No__ __ __ __ __ __ __
I.

General Information

Patient’s code number: __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Date form filled out:

State of death occurrence:

_________________

County of death occurrence:

_________________

State of residence:

_________________

County of residence:

_________________

Date of birth:

_ _/_ _/_ _ _ _ (mm/dd/yyyy)

Age at death: __ __ years

Ethnicity:

1 Hispanic or Latino

2 Not Hispanic or Latino

Race (mark one or more):

1 White

4 Native Hawaiian/Other pacific islander

Sex:

1 Male

2 Female

2 Black or African American

3 Asian

5 American Indian/Alaska Native

6 Unknown

Month and year of initial symptoms:_ _/_ _ _ _ (mm/yyyy)
II.

_ _/ _ _/_ _ _ _ (mm/dd/yyyy)

Date of death: _ _/_ _/_ _ _ _ (mm/dd/yyyy)

Patient’s Clinical Data

Yes

No

Unknown

Did the patient have a progressive neuropsychiatric disorder?

1

2

9

Did the patient have early psychiatric symptom/s
(anxiety, apathy, delusions, depression, and/or withdrawal)?

1

2

9

Did the patient have the psychiatric symptom/s at illness onset?

1

2

9

Did the patient have persistent painful sensory symptom/s
(frank pain and/or dysesthesia)?

1

2

9

Did the patient have dementia?

1

2

9

Did the patient have poor coordination/ataxia?

1

2

9

Did the patient have myoclonus?

1

2

9

Did the patient have chorea?

1

2

9

Did the patient have dystonia?

1

2

9

Did the patient have hyperreflexia?

1

2

9

Did the patient have visual signs?

1

2

9

Did the patient have dementia as well as development at least 4 months after illness
onset of at least two of the following five neurologic signs: poor coordination,
myoclonus, chorea, hyperreflexia, or visual signs?

1

2

9

Was the duration of illness over 6 months?

1

2

9

Is there a history of receipt of human pituitary growth hormone,
a dura mater graft, or a corneal graft?

1

2

9

Is there a history of CJD in a first degree relative?

1

2

9

Is there a prion protein gene mutation in the patient?

1

2

9

If yes, please specify:_______________________

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Yes

No

Unknown

Did a radiologist or an attending physician report that
the patient’s EEG was indicative of a CJD diagnosis?

1

2

9

According to the radiologist or an attending physician,
did the MRI scan show bilateral pulvinar high signal?

1

2

9

Did routine investigation of the patient indicate an alternative, non-CJD diagnosis?

1

2

9

Is a neuropathology report available on this patient?

1

2

9

Was a brain biopsy performed on this patient?

1

2

9

Was a brain autopsy performed on this patient?

1

2

9

If a biopsy or an autopsy was performed, was brain tissue sent to the National Prion Disease
Pathology Surveillance Center at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio?
1

2

9

According to the pathologist’s report,
was the neuropathology indicative of a CJD diagnosis?

1

2

9

Are there numerous widespread kuru-type amyloid plaques surrounded by
vacuoles (florid plaques) in both the cerebellum and cerebrum?

1

2

9

Is there spongiform change and extensive prion protein deposition shown
by immunohistochemistry throughout the cerebellum and cerebrum?

1

2

9

Does the patient have clinical findings similar to that of the variant CJD?

1

2

9

Does the patient have neuropathologic findings confirming
a variant CJD diagnosis?

1

2

9

III.

IV.

Neuropathology Information

Case Assessment

IMPORTANT: Please attach the patient’s neuropathology report, if available.
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