Mesencephalic cryptococcal abscesses presenting with parkinsonism as an initial manifestation of AIDS

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1354-1357

  Bouffard, John Paul ^a   Mena, Hernando ^a   Ripple, Mary ^b   Troncoso, Juan ^c  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Office of the State Medical Examiner   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; CNS; Opportunistic Cryptococcus infection; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIES; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEWY BODY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TREMOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1342326280     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10546     Document Type: Article

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