Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Central Nervous System Tumors

2000 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Central Nervous System Tumors ◽  
Nervous System Tumors ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Gastric Toxoplasmosis in a Patient With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

2003 ◽  
Vol 127 (6) ◽  
pp. 732-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masoud Ganji ◽  
Ailyn Tan ◽  
Michael I. Maitar ◽  
C. Michael Weldon-Linne ◽  
Elliot Weisenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Opportunistic Pathogen ◽  
Gastric Biopsy ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Systemic Symptoms ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Abstract Toxoplasmosis is a common opportunistic pathogen in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It usually presents with ocular, central nervous system, or pulmonary disease. Gastric toxoplasmosis is uncommon in AIDS patients, especially in the absence of central nervous system manifestations. In the few reported cases, patients have presented with abdominal pain and other digestive complaints that usually are attributed to the more common gastrointestinal manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus infection. We describe a 49-year-old man with AIDS who presented with abdominal pain, diarrhea, dry cough, and systemic symptoms and was diagnosed with toxoplasmosis by a gastric biopsy.

Central nervous system mass lesions in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

1984 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Levy ◽  
Vincent G. Pons ◽  
Mark L. Rosenblum
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Brain Biopsy ◽  
Neurological Deficits ◽  
Brain Abscesses ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Mass Lesions

✓ The authors present the cases of nine patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and intracerebral mass lesions, who were evaluated at the University of California, San Francisco, between April, 1979, and July, 1983. Eight patients were confirmed homosexual males, and none was Haitian. Their average age was 38.8 years. Tissue diagnosis was made in all patients from brain biopsy or autopsy material. Three patients initially presented for evaluation of their neurological deficits, while the other six already carried the diagnosis of AIDS at admission. Seven patients presented with multiple intracranial lesions and two had polymicrobial infection. In this series, three patients had Toxoplasma gondii brain abscesses, two had primary lymphoma, two had metastatic Kaposi's sarcoma of the central nervous system (CNS), two had focal cytomegalovirus encephalitis and one each had cryptococcal and Candida albicans brain abscesses. The clinical presentation, radiological evaluation, and serodiagnostic study of these patients were not helpful in establishing the nature of the CNS lesions. Brain biopsy is considered by the authors to be critical for the evaluation and appropriate treatment of mass lesions in patients with AIDS.

Central nervous system leiomyosarcoma in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

2000 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 688-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann M. Ritter ◽  
Barbara H. Amaker ◽  
R. Scott Graham ◽  
William C. Broaddus ◽  
John D. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Barr Virus ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Histological Characteristics ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Epstein Barr ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome

✓ Leiomyosarcomas (LMSs) of the central nervous system are extremely rare; however, they are becoming more prevalent in immunocompromised patients. The authors present the cases of two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: one with LMS of the thoracic vertebral body and the other with LMS originating from the region of the cavernous sinus. The epidemiological and histological characteristics of LMS and its association with latent Epstein—Barr virus are discussed, as well as the treatments for this neoplasm.

scholarly journals Central Nervous System Histoplasmosis in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

2016 ◽  
Vol 351 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harita Nyalakonda ◽  
Marisol Albuerne ◽  
Lia Patricia Suazo Hernandez ◽  
Juan C. Sarria
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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