title: [The neuropathological findings in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): a review of 138 cases].
abstract: This is an autopsy study performed in a retrospective fashion to determine the incidence of diseases that could affect the central nervous system in AIDS. For this purpose, 138 autopsies of patients with AIDS performed at the "Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre", Brazil, between January/85 and December/90 were studied. All the brains were evaluated macroscopically and microscopically mainly through hematoxylin-eosin staining and if necessary special techniques like PAS, Grocott, Giemsa and Ziehl-Nielsen were done. Results have revealed 29 (21%) cases with cerebral toxoplasmosis; cryptococcosis in 17 (12%); tuberculosis in two (1%) and one case (0.7%) of candidiasis. Besides these inflammatory lesions, 15 (10%) presented vascular lesion; 8 (6%) had gliosis and 7 (5%) cases had suggestive findings of HIV encephalopathy. We can conclude that the CNS is a important target affected by AIDS and that cerebral toxoplasmosis is the principal disease in the CNS in AIDS patients.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Doenças Infecciosas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brasil.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Wainstein
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wolfenbuttel
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Golbspan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sprinz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kronfeld
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Edelweiss
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000473:pathology*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Achados neuropatológicos na síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida (SIDA): revisão de 138 casos.