title: Cytomegalovirus ventriculoencephalitis presenting as a Wernicke's encephalopathy-like syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torgovnick
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Arsura
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lala
mesh_terms: 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*