High signal intensity of both putamina in patients with HIV infection.
We report two patients with HIV infection whose MR imaging showed abnormal high signal intensity confined to both putamina on T2-weighted spin echo (SE) images. We assume that they may represent the early manifestations of HIV encephalitis.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore.
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Sadato
D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011699:Putamen / Q000473:pathology*