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  • Title: Pathology of the central nervous system in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): a report of 252 autopsy cases from Brazil.
    Author: Chimelli L, Rosemberg S, Hahn MD, Lopes MB, Netto MB.
    Journal: Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol; 1992 Oct; 18(5):478-88. PubMed ID: 1454138.
    Abstract:
    The central nervous system (CNS) was studied in 252 HIV-infected patients from the States of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in Brazil, the regions with the highest incidence of AIDS in the country. We compared the frequency and morphology of opportunistic infections and CNS changes caused by the HIV, with those described in other series and briefly analysed the risk factors involved in our cases. There were CNS lesions in 230 cases (91.3%), 30 (11.9%) with multiple infections and/or tumours. Most infections were opportunistic (65.4%), including 15.4% viral and 50% bacterial, fungal or protozoal infections. The most frequent was toxoplasmosis (34.1%), followed by cryptococcosis (13.5%), cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection (7.9%) and nodular encephalitis (6.7%). Primary lymphomas were observed in 4% of the cases and HIV encephalitis or leukoencephalopathy in 10.7%. Other opportunistic and HIV associated lesions were present in a limited number of cases and there were also vascular and non-specific lesions. Our study confirms the high frequency of CNS lesions in HIV infected patients. They are morphologically similar to those previously described. However, the higher incidence of toxoplasmosis and cryptococcosis, a lower incidence of viral opportunistic and HIV-associated lesions, and the presence of rarer lesions such as histoplasmosis and chagasic encephalitis, differ from other series, and may reflect geographical and/or socio-economic factors.
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