title: [Changes in the small cerebral vessels in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome].
abstract: In the necropsy exam of the brains of 13 patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cerebrovascular lesions were seen in 5 cases, three of them having AIDS encephalopathy. Hyalinosis was noted in 3 cases, and endarteritis obliterans and fibrinoid necrosis in one case each; both of them had associated perivascular lymphocytic infiltrates. Cerebral infarction was observed in one case, but no hemorrhages were seen. The neuropathological anomalies in four children affected with the AIDS are reported too, being an extensive calcified vasculopathy and changes suggesting active AIDS encephalopathy the main findings.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurología, Universitat de Barcelona.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arbizu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Podzamcer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bolao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peres Serra
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000473:pathology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001160:Arterioles / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis
vernacular_title: Alteraciones de los pequeños vasos cerebrales en el síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida.