Correlation between clinical-apparative and neuropathological findings in patients with cerebral manifestations of AIDS
E Akova-Öztürk, A Frese, D Reichelt, R Colak-Ekici, S Evers, I Husstedt · Aktuelle Neurologie · 2004 · Heft 09
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During the course of HIV infection, the majority of patients develops opportunistic cerebral manifestations which can result in difficulties of the diagnostic work up. Since conventional diagnostic tools such as serological analysis of cerebrospinal fluid and blood and neuroimaging are not always sufficient to establish the correct diagnosis, a stereotactic biopsy is often necessary. In order to evaluate the correctness of the clinical diagnosis of cerebral neuromanifestations in HIV infected patients, we compared the results of cerebral biopsy or autopsy with the previous clinical diagnosis. Nineteen biopsies a…