Document 0104
 DOCN  M9440104
 TI    Stereotactic biopsy in cerebral lesions of AIDS.
 DT    9404
 AU    Gildenberg PL; Langford L; Kim JH; Trujillo R; Houston Stereotactic
       Center, Texas.
 SO    Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien). 1993;58:68-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94152343
 AB    The experiences with stereotactic biopsies in 121 patients with AIDS
       compared to 142 non-AIDS patients are presented. In the AIDS group most
       of the tumors (38) were lymphomas (34). Other frequent diagnoses have
       been progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (20) and toxoplasmosis
       (16)--although most AIDS patients already had been treated for
       toxoplasmosis, and those who responded to it did not undergo biopsy.
       Initially among the AIDS patients there was a tendency of delayed
       intracranial bleeding (4 cases, 3 of them fatal). After initiation of a
       prophylactic coagulopathy protocol no other such complications have
       occurred in the following 70 biopsies.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/*DIAGNOSIS/
       PHYSIOPATHOLOGY  Biopsy/*METHODS  Blood Coagulation Disorders/DIAGNOSIS
       Cerebral Cortex/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
       Encephalitis/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY  Female  Human
       Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/COMPLICATIONS/
       DIAGNOSIS/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY  Lymphoma/DIAGNOSIS  Male  *Stereotaxic
       Techniques  Toxoplasmosis/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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