Mass lesions of the brain in AIDS: The dilemmas of distinguishing toxoplasmosis from primary CNS lymphoma

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 554-555

  Berger, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; THALLIUM 201;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRAIN INJURY; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, AIDS-RELATED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0037392031     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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