KAPOSIS-SARCOMA IN THE CEREBELLUM OF A PATIENT WITH AIDS

Authors
BUTTNER A MARQUART KH MEHRAEIN P WEIS S
Citation
A. Buttner et al., KAPOSIS-SARCOMA IN THE CEREBELLUM OF A PATIENT WITH AIDS, Clinical neuropathology, 16(4), 1997, pp. 185-189
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Pathology
Journal title
Clinical neuropathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07225091
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
185 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0722-5091(1997)16:4<185:KITCOA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A case of Kaposi's sarcoma in the left cerebellar hemisphere of a pati ent with AIDS is presented. The lesion was not detected with imaging t echniques in the patient who, during the clinical course, did not show neurological signs and symptoms. This small nodular lesion was only r evealed at autopsy. This rare finding is an example of the broad spect rum of central nervous system involvement in HIV-1-infected individual s.