Value of MR Imaging of the Brain as a "Screening" Tool in Asymptomatic HIV-seropositive Persons: Highlights of Neurological Research from the VIII International Conference on AIDS, Amsterdam, July 19-24, 1992


Value of MR Imaging of the Brain as a "Screening" Tool in Asymptomatic HIV-seropositive Persons: Highlights of Neurological Research from the VIII International Conference on AIDS, Amsterdam, July 19-24, 1992

Seattle Treatment Education Project: STEP Perspective - Volume 4, Number 3 - October 1992
Lyn Frumkin, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. B. Rebouot of France studied 27 symptomatic and 40 asymptomatic HIV- infected persons who received 135 cranial MR imaging tests (MRI; magnetic resonance imaging) over one and a half years (September 1990 to February 1992). Only three of 78 MR examinations from the asymptomatic group showed minor abnormalities; these patients were not treated and remained without symptoms as of July 1992.

COMMENT: In asymptomatic HIV-infected persons, including those with low CD4 counts (below 200), MRI was found to be "useless (as) a routine screening test" (for early ADC or other brain infections).
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