1. A longitudinally extensive myelopathy in a patient with AIDS.
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Hardy, Sara J., Benavides, David R., Thakur, Kiran T., Probasco, John C., and Pardo, Carlos A.
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AIDS diagnosis , *MAGNETIC resonance imaging evaluation , *BIOPSY , *BLACK people , *DEOXY sugars , *DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis , *HISTOLOGY , *RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS , *POSITRON emission tomography , *SPINAL cord diseases , *DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 42-year-old African-American woman who was diagnosed with AIDS 11 years before the abrupt onset of numbness and heaviness in her left lower limb. The patient was expected to have an idiopathic transverse myelitis. She underwent extensive laboratory evaluation for causes of longitudinally extensive myelopathies and the brain lesions.
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- 2015
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