Combined HIV-CMV encephalitis presenting with brainstem signs.
Two cases of combined HIV-CMV encephalitis are described. One presented with a sixth nerve palsy and a tetraparesis, the other with an internuclear ophthalmoplegia. Pathologically brain stem involvement was predominantly due to CMV.
Fuller
G N
GN
Department of Neurology, Westminster Hospital, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London, UK.
Guiloff
R J
RJ
Scaravilli
F
F
Harcourt-Webster
J N
JN
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000473:pathology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000473:pathology*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000473:pathology*