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HIV encephalitis simulating Huntington's disease.

Sevigny JJ, Chin SS, Milewski Y, Albers MW, Gordon ML, Marder K

Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physician and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA. js1112@columbia.edu

Complications from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome are notorious for mimicking other neurological diseases. We describe a case of HIV encephalitis presenting with the classic clinical features of Huntington's Disease in a woman without known HIV risk factors or other clinical stigmata suggestive of immunosuppression. This case reminds us that HIV should be part of the differential diagnosis in unexplainable neurological diseases.

Published 5 May 2005 in Mov Disord, 20(5): 610-3.
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