Two syndromatic forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are illustrated with data from two cases confirmed by necropsy and studied by means of electroencephalogram, evoked potential recording and neuropathological techniques. One of the cases presented the typical hypersynchronous periodic discharges thougth to be characteristic of this disease. The other did not exhibit epileptiform diischarges, showing an evolution in which progressive diffuse slowing was the prominent feature. Cortical spongyosis, gliosis, and neuronal lose were intense in the case showing spikes, and moderate in [...]