CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ENCEPHALITIS IN AN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENT PRESENTING WITH A CEREBRAL MASS LESION

Authors
BASSIL HF WILLIAM DC
Citation
Hf. Bassil et Dc. William, CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ENCEPHALITIS IN AN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENT PRESENTING WITH A CEREBRAL MASS LESION, AIDS patient care, 11(5), 1997, pp. 319-321
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Nursing,"Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
AIDS patient care → ACNP
ISSN journal
08935068
Volume
11
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
319 - 321
Database
ISI
SICI code
0893-5068(1997)11:5<319:CEIAHP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) encephalitis typically occurs as a diffuse cereb ral infection in patients with advanced AIDS.(1) This is a case report of a patient who presented with right-sided weakness and subsequently was found to have a cerebral mass lesion due to CMV. Only four simila r cases are described in the literature.(2,3) Though uncommon, CMV enc ephalitis must be considered in the differential diagnosis of cerebral mass lesions in patients with advanced AIDS.