title: Cytomegalovirus encephalitis and primary cerebral lymphoma mimicking Wernicke's encephalopathy.
abstract: We report a 29-year-old HIV-positive patient admitted with dysarthria, ataxia and somnolence. Imaging findings were typical of Wernicke's encephalopathy, but autopsy revealed cytomegalovirus encephalitis and primary cerebral lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiologie, Radiologische Klinik, Universität Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Brechtelsbauer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Urbach
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Blümcke
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Woitas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Solymosi
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*