A Case of Dementia related to AIDS.
- Author:
Sun Ju CHUNG
1
;
Jae Hong LEE
;
Joo Hyuk IM
;
Myoung Chong LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. jhlee@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
AIDS;
Dementia
- MeSH:
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active;
Blotting, Western;
Brain;
Brain Stem;
Cerebellum;
Dementia*;
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay;
Gait;
HIV;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Plasma;
RNA;
T-Lymphocytes
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2003;21(6):658-662
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a patient with AIDS, who initially presented with progressive cognitive impairment and gait disturbance. A T2-weighted brain MRI demonstrated multiple hyperintensities in bilateral periventricular white matter, thalami, brainstem, cerebellum, and left temporo-occipital white matter. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot for HIV were positive. The CD4+ T-cell count was 158 cells/mm3 and the plasma HIV RNA level was 65, 000 copies/mL. Highly active antiretroviral therapy was administered.
