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| Title |
Image guided stereotactic brain biopsy in AIDS patients with neurological manifestations
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| Published in |
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, November 2000
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| DOI | 10.1590/s0004-282x1998000200008 |
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| Authors |
JOSÉ AUGUSTO NASSER, CARLOS IVAM CONFORT, ANDREI FERRAZ, JOSÉ CARLOS ESPERANÇA, FRANCISCO DUARTE |
| Abstract |
Prospective series showing the importance of computerized stereotactic brain biopsy in the management of AIDS patients neurologically symptomatic and confirmed by images. Patients undergone an algorithm step by step done by their own doctors and referred to us for stereotactic biopsy. Our protocol was opened in August 1995 and closed in December 1996. Twenty patients were biopsied. This protocol is similar to the Levy's one (Chicago IL, USA). We have got diagnosis in all cases. Lymphoma was predominant and followed by toxoplasmosis, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and HIV encephalopathy. We included one patient with diploic giant cells lymphoma. Our mortality and morbidity was zero. By these results we conclude that stereotactic biopsy in AIDS patients is safe and effective. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 10 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 10 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 3 | 30% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 1 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 10% |
| Professor | 1 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 10% |
| Other | 2 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 50% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 10% |
| Engineering | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 2 | 20% |