Hockey stick sign (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease)

Last revised by Maxime St-Amant on 27 Apr 2018

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Citation:

St-Amant M, Bell D, Gaillard F, et al. Hockey stick sign (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 29 Sep 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-19930

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-19930

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/19930

rID:

19930

Article created:

23 Oct 2012, Maxime St-Amant

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Maxime St-Amant had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

27 Apr 2018, Maxime St-Amant

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Maxime St-Amant had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

14 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Central Nervous System

Sections:

Signs

Synonyms:

Hockey stick sign in variant CJD

The hockey stick sign refers to the hyperintense signal involving the pulvinar and dorsomedial thalamic nuclei bilaterally on FLAIR, in cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which has the shape of a hockey stick.