Glioblastoma Multiforme in an HIV-Infected Patient: An Unexpected Diagnosis

Abstract

We reported a case of glioblastoma multiforme in a 42-year-old female patient with HIV infection, who had a rapid progression to AIDS. She was diagnosed with an intracerebral mass and treated as neurotoxoplasmosis with improvement in the first week of therapy. On the fourth week she had a clinical worsening evolving to death, receiving the diagnosis at necropsy.

Keywords: AIDS; HIV; glioblastoma; intracerebral mass.