title: Response of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Cerebral Angiitis to the Combined Antiretroviral Therapy.
abstract: When secondary causes are excluded, mechanisms underlying central nervous system angiitis (ACNS) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients are still not understood and optimal treatment remains undefined. We report here a patient with an untreated HIV infection who presented multiple ischemic strokes probably due to HIV-ACNS. ACNS signs on vessel-wall imaging magnetic resonance monitoring retracted with combined antiretroviral therapy without adjunct immunosuppressive drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles , Brussels , Belgium.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheron
authors.affiliation: Immunodeficiency Treatment Unit, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles , Brussels , Belgium.
authors.forename: Chloé
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wyndham-Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuro-Radiology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles , Brussels , Belgium.
authors.forename: Niloufar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles , Brussels , Belgium.
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Naeije
keywords: HIV-associated angiitis; brain vasculitis; cerebral angiitis; human immunodeficiency virus; vessel wall imaging