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Acute transient encephalomyelitis involving bilateral basal ganglia and internal capsules as manifestation of primary human immunodeficiency virus infection
Author(s) -
Tamura Akiko,
Shirano Michinori,
Shimono Taro,
Takeda Akitoshi,
Tsutada Tsuyoshi,
Shimada Hiroyuki,
Itoh Yoshiaki
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
neurology and clinical neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
0ISSN - 2049-4173
DOI - 10.1111/ncn3.157
Subject(s) - medicine , basal ganglia , magnetic resonance imaging , hyperintensity , pathology , acute disseminated encephalomyelitis , encephalomyelitis , virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , white matter , multiple sclerosis , virology , immunology , central nervous system , radiology
A 25‐year‐old homosexual man presented with influenza‐like symptoms, followed by acute transient leukoencephalomyelitis as an initial presentation of human immunodeficiency virus infection, suggestive of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed hyperintensity in the bilateral periventricular white matter and internal capsules on T2‐weighted images, as well as an obscured boundary of the basal ganglia, which have been reported for the first time in primary human immunodeficiency virus infection.