Differential diagnosis of structural brain lesions revealed by mri among patients with aids (review article)

Authors

  • Александр Андреевич Дроздов St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
  • Владимир Максимович Черемисин St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation ; St. Petersburg Mariinsky Hospital, 56, Liteyniy pr., St. Petersburg, 191014, Russian Federation
  • Ирина Григорьевна Камышанская St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation ; St. Petersburg Mariinsky Hospital, 56, Liteyniy pr., St. Petersburg, 191014, Russian Federation
  • Алексей Авенирович Яковлев St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation; S. P. Botkinn Clinical Infectious Disease Hospital 30, 3, ul. Mirgorodskaya, St. Petersburg, 191024, Russian Federation
  • Владимир Борисович Мусатов St. Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation;S. P. Botkinn Clinical Infectious Disease Hospital 30, 3, ul. Mirgorodskaya, St. Petersburg, 191024, Russian Federation
  • Иван Павлович Федуняк North-Western State Medical University named after I. I. Mechnikov, 47, Piskarevsky pr., St. Petersburg, 195067, Russian Federation, ; S. P. Botkinn Clinical Infectious Disease Hospital 30, 3, ul. Mirgorodskaya, St. Petersburg, 191024, Russian Federation
  • Оксана Ивановна Федуняк S. P. Botkinn Clinical Infectious Disease Hospital 30, 3, ul. Mirgorodskaya, St. Petersburg, 191024, Russian Federation
  • Мария Николаевна Артемьева S. P. Botkinn Clinical Infectious Disease Hospital 30, 3, ul. Mirgorodskaya, St. Petersburg, 191024, Russian Federation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu11.2018.407

Abstract

The current article is an up-to-date literature review of common brain lesions and their MRI semiotics among patients with AIDS. We present classic MRI signs of AIDS-associated lesions and the variability of presentation based on the method of magnetic resonance. We provide a detailed review of MRI imaging of lesions with mass-effect: toxoplasmosis, primary CNS lymphoma and neurotuberculosis. In this review, we present wide variability of radiological signs and typical patterns that are used for differential diagnosis between these conditions. In this article, we also review HIV associated brain lesions without mass effect as PML and HIV associated encephalopathy. We highlighted unique polymorphism of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy as this pathology might have variable contrast enhancement and can be present with or without the mass effect. We present data about the comparison of MRI and CT imaging in diagnosing of HIV-associated brain lesion. Assuming differences in MRI protocols in different hospitals here we describe minimal brain MRI protocol that allows obtaining optima radiological studies.

Keywords:

MRI, HIV, AIDS, brain, opportunistic infection, neurotuberculosis, PML, PLCNS

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2018-01-20

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Дроздов, А. А., Черемисин, В. М., Камышанская, И. Г., Яковлев, А. А., Мусатов, В. Б., Федуняк, И. П., … Артемьева, М. Н. (2018). Differential diagnosis of structural brain lesions revealed by mri among patients with aids (review article). Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Medicine, 13(4), 403–418. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu11.2018.407

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