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Clinical Article
MRI performance of AIDS combined with opportunistic infections of the brain
LI Jian-ling  GAO Jian-bo  ZHANG Yan 

DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.05.010.


[Abstract] Objective: To investigate the MRI characteristics of AIDS combined with opportunistic infections of the brain.Materials and Methods: The MRI manifestations of AIDS with brain infection were retrospectively analyzed.Results: A total of 23 cases, 12 cases of toxoplasmosis, mainly involved the basal ganglia and the junction of gray matter and white matter of cerebral hemisphere, "target sign" was the characteristic performance; cryptococcal infection in 5 cases, mainly caused cryptococcal meningitis, brain colloidal false capsule was the characteristics; tuberculosis infection in 6 cases, with simple violations of rare brain parenchyma, in different time, the lesions involving brain parenchyma was vary.Conclusion: The MRI performance of AIDS combined with infection in the brain is characteristic.
[Keywords] AIDS;Brain;Opportunistic infections;Magnetic resonance imaging

LI Jian-ling Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China

GAO Jian-bo* Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China

ZHANG Yan Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, China

*Correspondence to: Gao JB, E-mail: cjr.gaojianbo@vip.163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2010-07-13
Accepted  2010-08-25
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.05.010
DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.05.010.

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