A great simulator in clinical practice: mononeuritis multiplex in HIV infection
Autops. Case Rep
; 14: e2024493, 2024. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT HIV infection is a chameleon, mimicking several diseases. Herein, we report a previously healthy 39-year-old woman who, over 2 months, developed arthritis, weight loss, and confluent multiple mononeuropathy. Extensive laboratory investigation showed positive serology for HIV, with a CD4 count of 100 cells, and necrotizing vasculitis on a nerve biopsy not associated with CMV co-infection, allowing the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa-like vasculitis in an HIV-infected patient. Apart from the infection, HIV-related autoimmunity can affect any organ and contribute to the complexity of the clinical presentation of HIV infection.
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Autops. Case Rep
Journal subject:
Anatomia
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Patologia Cl¡nica
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Patologia Legal
Year:
2024
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Article
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Brazil