title: [Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome].
abstract: We report a 28 year old heterosexual male with AIDS that presented with progressive motor disturbances and malaise. Light and transmission electron microscopy of a stereotaxic brain biopsy demonstrated a progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. This is a demyelinating infectious cerebral disease attributed to JC virus and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of central nervous system disturbances in AIDS patients.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomía Patológica, P, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oddó
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castrillón
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sepúlveda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zamboni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arriagada
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007968:Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Leucoencefalopatía multifocal progresiva en un paciente con síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida.