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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
Volume 81, Issue 4, Pages 578-581Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21462
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Angiitis of the central nervous system (CNS) in patients infected with HIV-1-is often associated with concomitant infection or lymphoproliferative disease of the CNS. Four HAART naive patients infected with HIV-1 with severe stroke are described. Evidence of vasculitis was found by magnetic resonance angiography. Extensive investigations excluded concomitant opportunistic, lymphoproliferative or autoimmune disorders leading to the diagnosis of primary angiitis of the CNS. Despite initiation of HAART and prolonged suppression of viral replication, these patients remained severely immunosuppressed. The addition of corticosteroids led to a significant improvement of clinical symptoms. Primary angiitis of the CNS should be considered in patients with HIV and stroke. The prognosis of these patients remain poor despite HAART. These observations suggest that the vascular inflammatory process persists despite the control of viral load under HAART in patients with persistent immunosuppression. J. Med. Virol. 81:578-581, 2009. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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