title: AIDS peripheral neuropathy.
abstract: A young male IV drug abuser with multiple AIDS risk factors and positive HIV serology presented with acute onset of painful urinary retention as a result of a parasympathetic mononeuropathy. Because no other explanation could be found for his illness, despite a careful search for the most likely etiologic agents, the authors propose that his symptom complex may have resulted from infection with the AIDS virus. A review of the current literature relevant to the peripheral neuropathy associated with AIDS is presented.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Charnock
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous