Neurological involvement of 15 patients of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

VernacularTitle:获得性免疫缺陷综合征神经系统损害15例分析
Author: Honglin HAO ; Xiuqin LIU ; Liying CUI ; Yan XU ; Libo LI ; Yanping WEI ; Lin CHEN ; Bin PENG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Nervous system diseases
From: Chinese Journal of Neurology 2009;42(1):38-41
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the clinical features of nervous system involvement of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).Methods A retrospective clinical analysis of 15 admitted AIDS patients with neurological involvement in our hospital from February 2002 to February 2008.Eight of them visited department of neurology for the first time.Results There were 4 cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) encephalopathy, 1 of them appearanced as general chorea, 1 HIV-associated encephalopathy accompanied with myopathy; 1 progressive multifocal leukoeneephalopathy (PML); 1 PML accompanied with toxoplasmosis; 1 HlV-associated myopathy; 1 multicranial nerve injury companied with myelopathy; 1 peripheral neuropathy; 1 drug-associated neuromuscular disease; 4 meningoencephalitis and 1 brain abscess cases.Conclusion The manifestations and AIDS neurological involvement are varied.A close attention should be paid to screening.