Cerebellar Dysfunction in a Patient with HIV

Joint Authors

Gongireddy, Srinivas
Gonzalez-Ibarra, Fernando
Eivaz-Mohammadi, Sahar
Syed, Amer K.
Foscue, Christopher
Abdul, Waheed

Source

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-3, 3 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2014-06-30

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

3

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

A 50-year-old AIDS patient with a CD4 T-cell count of 114/mm3 was admitted with cerebellar symptoms of left CN XI weakness, wide-based gait with left-sided dysmetria, abnormal heel-knee-shin test, and dysdiadochokinesia.

MRI showed region of hyperintensity in the left inferior cerebellar hemisphere involving the cortex and underlying white matter.

Serological tests for HSV1, HSV2, and syphilis were negative.

Her CSF contained high protein content and a WBC of 71/mm3, predominantly lymphocytes.

The CSF was also negative for cryptococcal antigen and VDRL.

CSF culture did not grow microbes.

CSF PCR assay was negative for HSV1 and HSV2 but was positive for JC virus (1,276 copies).

The most likely diagnosis is granule cell neuronopathy (GCN), which can only be definitively confirmed with biopsy and immunohistochemistry.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Gonzalez-Ibarra, Fernando& Abdul, Waheed& Eivaz-Mohammadi, Sahar& Foscue, Christopher& Gongireddy, Srinivas& Syed, Amer K.. 2014. Cerebellar Dysfunction in a Patient with HIV. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-452364

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Gonzalez-Ibarra, Fernando…[et al.]. Cerebellar Dysfunction in a Patient with HIV. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-452364

American Medical Association (AMA)

Gonzalez-Ibarra, Fernando& Abdul, Waheed& Eivaz-Mohammadi, Sahar& Foscue, Christopher& Gongireddy, Srinivas& Syed, Amer K.. Cerebellar Dysfunction in a Patient with HIV. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-452364

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-452364