Difficulties in establishing a definitive diagnosis of intracerebral hemorrhage in patients with HIV/AIDS

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Introduction: Neurological disorders are observed in about 70% of HIV/AIDS cases, which intracranial mass lesions characterize 10-20%. In addition, the incidence intracerebral hemorrhage is frequently associated with several etiologies, including toxoplasmosis and cerebral tuberculosis. This manifestation has been attributed most common opportunistic infections developing countries. Therefore, a CT scan head commonly used to provide similar images, consequently mimic SOL or general brain tumors. Meanwhile, laboratory examinations merely use rapid tests without any serologic assessment for infections, prompts difficulties confirmatory diagnostics process.Method: paper reports two cases neurological disorders. The first involved patients multiple SOLs, while second was patient both hemorrhages. Furthermore, establishing an diagnosis by relying on scans these reports, as only tuberculoma were detected. dilemma performing biopsy also considered impeding factor.Conclusion: prevalent another cause still challenging person HIV/AIDS.

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عنوان ژورنال: Bali Medical Journal

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2089-1180', '2302-2914']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15562/bmj.v10i1.2249