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ORPHA:576379Disease
Also called Iatrogenic MCJ · iCJD
What it is
A rare acquired human prion disease characterized by progressive, invariably fatal neurodegeneration resulting from accidental transmission of CJD prions in the course of medical procedures or treatments (treatment with human pituitary growth hormone or gonadotrophin, human dura mater or corneal graft, exposure to contaminated neurosurgical instruments). Patients present rapidly progressive cognitive impairment, as well as myoclonus, visual or cerebellar problems, pyramidal or extrapyramidal features, and/or akinetic mutism. EEG examination may show characteristic generalized periodic sharp wave complexes. Neuropathologic analysis reveals spongiform change, neuronal loss and gliosis, and deposition of abnormal prion protein.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Adult
- Inheritance
- Not applicable
- Classified as
- Disease
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
ICD-10 codes
ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.
Related health topics
Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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