Cytomegalovirus ventriculoencephalitis presenting as a Wernicke's encephalopathy-like syndrome.
Cytomegalovirus ventriculoencephalitis (CMV-VE) is a devastating opportunistic infection seen most frequently in patients with AIDS. The authors describe eight patients with AIDS and CMV-VE, who developed the clinical features of the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, including impaired memory, confabulation, nystagmus, ophthalmoplegia, and ataxia. CMV-VE is perhaps a more frequent cause of the Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome than traditional associations.
Torgovnick
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Department of Neurology, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Arsura
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EL
Lala
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000328:Adult; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000503:physiopathology*