RADIOLOGY OF AIDS IN CHILDREN

Citation
A. Geoffray et al., RADIOLOGY OF AIDS IN CHILDREN, Journal de radiologie, 78(12), 1997, pp. 1233-1243
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
ISSN journal
02210363
Volume
78
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1233 - 1243
Database
ISI
SICI code
0221-0363(1997)78:12<1233:>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
In children, AIDS is mainly related to materno-foetal transmission. Du e to antiviral therapy and prevention of infections, the initially ver y poor prognosis has improved and the length of survival has increased . There are two groups of children: the first (25 %) in which the dise ase occurs early and is very severe, a second one in which the disease develops later after an asymptomatic period which can last several ye ars. Manifestations of AIDS in children are mainly pulmonary and diges tive infections, central nervous system infections are much rarer than in adults, neurologic disorders are mainly due to the HIV itself. Tum ors are also rarer than in adults but may occur, inclucing lymphomas a nd smooth muscle tumors.