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Diagnostic imaging of AIDS-related nervous system infections
LI Hong-jun  QI Shi 

DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.05.014.


[Abstract] HIV-related nervous system infections are the major complications of AIDS, which constitute the commonly found causes of death. Diagnostic imaging plays an indispensable role in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of AIDS related nervous system infections. This article intended to introduce the diseases spectrum of AIDS complications and their imaging demonstrations, as compared to their pathological and autopsy findings, to explain their pathogenesis. Diagnostic imaging was also evaluated in the diagnosis and treatment of AIDS related nervous system infections.
[Keywords] AIDS;Diagnostic imaging;Pathology;Nervous system infections

LI Hong-jun* Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Affiliated Beijing You’an Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China

QI Shi Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Affiliated Beijing You’an Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China

*Correspondence to: Li HJ, E-mail: lihongjun00113@126.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2010-07-13
Accepted  2010-08-25
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.05.014
DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2010.05.014.

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