Abstract

ABSTRACTAlthough central nervous system (CNS) involvement is common in the population with acquired immunodeficiency sysdrome, the presenting neurologic signs, and symptoms are often vague and nonfocal. This reresents a significant diagonostic cahllenge for the primary care physician. Cross-sectional imaging now plays an important role in the diagnosis of pathologic processes involving the brian in HIV-infected patients. Involvement of the Brain the with atypical viruses, parasites, fungi, and neoplasms is more prevalent in AIDS patients. On identification of a brian lesion, it is the role of the imaging findings of the pathogens that most commonly affect the brain in AIDS patients.