title: CT assessment of CNS complications of AIDS.
abstract: Although acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is not directly fatal, individuals with the disease are susceptible to a host of life-threatening opportunistic infections and complications. This article focuses on the central nervous system (CNS) complications of HIV/AIDS and computed tomography's role in diagnosing these conditions. After completing the article, readers will know the signs and symptoms, causes or proposed causes and computed tomographic (CT) appearance of 4 important CNS complications of HIV/AIDS: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). Toxoplasmosis. CNS lymphoma. AIDS dementia complex (ADC).
authors.affiliation: School of Health Related Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: Bettye Greene
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007968:Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*