[Neurological syndromes in HIV patients. Part III -- HIV-related diffuse diseases of the central nervous system]

Neurol Neurochir Pol. 1997 Sep-Oct;31(5):959-69.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

The last part of the review of the neurological syndromes observed among people who are HIV-infected deals with AIDS Dementia Complex, viral (CMV, HSV, VZV) encephalitides and cryptococcal meningitis and other less frequent diseases. Clinical presentation, neuropathology, diagnostic procedures and treatments are described. Diagnostic algorithm for central nervous system diseases in people with HIV is included. The main purpose of the present reviews is to pursue the common ground regarding treatment and diagnostic procedures with consulting neurologists and neurosurgeons for future cooperation in a growing area of HIV related neurology.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • AIDS Dementia Complex / pathology*
  • AIDS Dementia Complex / psychology*
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain / virology
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications
  • Encephalitis, Viral / pathology
  • Encephalitis, Viral / virology
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications*
  • Herpesvirus 3, Human / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Simplexvirus / isolation & purification