Intracranial hemorrhage in a HIV patient. Case report and review of the literature.
The authors report on a case of a hemophilic male patient, aged 43, HIV positive, HCV positive, who had an episode of intracerebral hemorrhage after a car accident. Intracranial hemorrhage is the most feared complication of hemophilia, especially among HIV positive, who now are considered to be a group at high risk for bleeding. In this report, it is reviewed available data on clinical and imaging features of ICH and the association between ICH and HIV.
Chalazonitis
Athanasios N
AN
Department of Radiology; Hippocration General Hospital, Athens, Greece. red-rad@ath-fortnet.gr
Nomikou
Efrosyni
E
Condilis
Nicolas
N
Ptochis
Nicolas
N
Sotiropoulou
Eva
E
Tzovara
Ioanna
I
Theodossiades
George D
GD
D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male