title: HIV-1-related neurologic disorders. Neurosurgical implications.
abstract: It has become important for clinicians to increase their understanding of the breadth, mechanism, and neurosurgical implications of viral illnesses of the central nervous system. These needs can now be more safely and accurately addressed using stereotactic neurosurgical techniques. This article provides an introduction to these disease and identifies the neurosurgical issues that may be raised in their diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rothholtz
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D015497:HIV-1; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007968:Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012449:Safety; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy