Cytomegalovirus ventriculoencephalitis presenting as a Wernicke's encephalopathy-like syndrome.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Cytomegalovirus Infections
- Encephalitis, Viral
- Wernicke Encephalopathy