An unusual presentation of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Sporadic Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder. It is uniformly fatal. Clinical signs include myoclonus, visual disturbances, cerebellar ataxia, akinetic mutism and pyramidal/extrapyramidal signs in addition to a rapidly progressive dementia.

Femoral nerve palsy associated with bilateral spontaneous iliopsoas haematomas: a complication of venous thromboembolism therapy.

We report a case of femoral nerve palsy occurring as a result of spontaneous bilateral iliopsoas haematomas in an elderly patient on treatment dose dalteparin for a suspected pulmonary embolus. There are limited case reports in the literature relating to this rare problem, and their management is controversial. We advocate non-operative treatment in the instance of a delayed presentation in a frail elderly patient with a subsequent good functional outcome.