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[Atypical neurologic symptoms in the course of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)]

Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 1986 Jul 4;111(27):1058-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/86247148
Kesselring J; Schmid M; Pirovino M; Mumenthaler M

Abstract: Unusual neurological symptoms were observed in three homosexual men in whom antibodies against HTLV-III were demonstrated. In case 1, with a known Kaposi sarcoma, multiple intracerebral space-occupying lesions with severe perifocal oedema resulted in marked focal neurological deficits. In case 2, there occurred a transitory myelopathic syndrome lasting a few days, followed by severe retinal changes, associated with a generalized cytomegalic infection, and a cerebrovascular accident in the brainstem. In case 3, a severe myositis especially of the shoulder girdle was diagnosed and treated one year before the demonstration of the HTLV-III infection. The pathogenetic relationship between these illnesses and the HTLV-III infection remains unexplained.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*DIAGNOSIS Adult Brain Edema/DIAGNOSIS Brain Stem Case Report Cerebrovascular Disorders/*DIAGNOSIS English Abstract Human Male Myositis/DIAGNOSIS Nervous System Diseases/*ETIOLOGY Shoulder JOURNAL ARTICLE

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