Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis as manifestation of primary HIV infection

P Narciso; S Galgani; B Del Grosso; M De Marco; A De Santis; P Balestra; V Ciapparoni; V Tozzi

doi:10.1212/wnl.57.8.1493

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis as manifestation of primary HIV infection

Neurology. 2001 Oct 23;57(8):1493-6. doi: 10.1212/wnl.57.8.1493.

Authors

P Narciso¹, S Galgani, B Del Grosso, M De Marco, A De Santis, P Balestra, V Ciapparoni, V Tozzi

Affiliation

¹ Fourth Clinical Division, National Institute for Infectious Diseases I.R.C.C.S. Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 11673598
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.57.8.1493

Abstract

The authors report a 27-year-old woman with clinical, MRI, virologic, and CSF findings consistent with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis as a manifestation of primary HIV infection. Improvements in the clinical and MRI findings and a reduction in HIV RNA levels, both in plasma and in the CSF, were observed during highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / pathology
Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / virology*
Female
HIV Infections / complications*
HIV Infections / drug therapy
HIV Infections / pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Prognosis