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Central pontine myelinolysis complicating treatment of multicentric Castleman's disease and Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with AIDS
- Source :
- Sexually Transmitted Infections. 79:179-184
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2003.
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Abstract
- An HIV positive black African woman presented with widespread lymphadenopathy and pancytopenia that had been ascribed to tuberculosis. Lymph node biopsy showed both Kaposi's sarcoma and multicentric Castleman's disease. Despite antiretroviral therapy and chemotherapy the patient deteriorated, developing confusion and dysphasia. A cranial magnetic resonance scan showed central pontine myelinolysis. Despite supportive therapy the patient died.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis
Lymph node biopsy
Dermatology
Fatal Outcome
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
AIDS-Related Complex
medicine
Humans
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Kaposi's sarcoma
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Castleman Disease
Castleman disease
virus diseases
medicine.disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pancytopenia
Surgery
Infectious Diseases
Myelinolysis, Central Pontine
Clinicopathological Conference
Central pontine myelinolysis
Female
Sarcoma
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13684973
- Volume :
- 79
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7573b9f378adee0c2660432aa976281c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.79.3.179