Pictorial review: the radiological spectrum of vertically-acquired HIV infection.
Anonymous antenatal and newborn screening demonstrates a positive HIV seroprevalence of one in 400 in areas of inner city London. European Collaborative Study data show a vertical transmission rate of 15% and suggests that 23% of infected children will develop clinical manifestations of AIDS before reaching 1 year of age [1], meaning that recognition of the radiological findings in vertically-acquired HIV is important. 75 serial cases of vertically-acquired HIV (age range 6 weeks to 12 years, mean age 35 months) presenting to a national referral centre over 48 months were reviewed; the radiographic findings we describe constitute a core of typical abnormalities together with a selection of the rarer manifestations of vertically-acquired HIV.
Owens
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, St Mary's Hospital and Medical School, London, UK.
Allan
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Thomas
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Evans
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Stevens
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