title: Intracranial Arterial Dissection Related to HIV Infection. A Case Report with Histology.
abstract: There are many reasons for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to develop cerebrovascular disease. The HIV virus itself however may be a cause of vessel wall pathology. We present a clinical and pathological study of a patient who was HIV positive and presented with a subarachnoid haemorrhage. Cerebral angiography and later histology confirm that there was extensive vessel wall injury with dissection and a false aneurysm of the right middle cerebral artery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, University of Cape Town; South Africa.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lefeuvre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liebenberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taylor