title: Musculoskeletal complications of the patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): CT evaluation.
abstract: Musculoskeletal disorders are infrequent complications of HIV infection in this country. However, AIDS patients are susceptible to a wide range of musculoskeletal complications, from the common to the otherwise uncommon. The following is a summary of some of the more frequently encountered musculoskeletal manifestations of these disorders within the HIV-positive community and their associated imaging characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed