Cerebral granulomatous angiitis associated with isolation of human T-lymphotropic virus type III from the central nervous system

Ann Neurol. 1986 Sep;20(3):362-4. doi: 10.1002/ana.410200316.

Abstract

A 42-year-old homosexual man without evidence of immune deficiency developed cerebral granulomatous angiitis in association with the isolation of human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III) from brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid. This syndrome may be an additional neurological sequela of HTLV-III infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Brain / microbiology*
  • Cerebral Arterial Diseases / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Cerebral Arterial Diseases / microbiology*
  • Cerebral Arterial Diseases / pathology
  • Cerebral Arteries / pathology
  • Granuloma / microbiology*
  • Granuloma / pathology
  • HIV / isolation & purification*
  • Homosexuality
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Vasculitis / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Vasculitis / microbiology*
  • Vasculitis / pathology