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HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
through the blood-brain ... PML (JC virus) Brain ... signal intensity on T2 ... HIV and with low CD4 ... counts.
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
meningitis on T2 ... immunocompromised CD4 ... predominant (median count ... Guidelines recommend ... #MRI #Brain #clinical