| Symptoms
& History
Physical
Findings
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Lab
and X-Ray
Differential
Diagnosis
The
Disease
Treatment
Conclusions
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& Evaluation
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Central Nervous System Involvement,
Continued
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Spinal cord involvement
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Spinal cord pathology is found
in 20-30% of AIDS patients.
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Microscopically the findings
resemble those of subacute combined degeneration (vitamin B-12 deficiency).
AIDS associated myopathy
and peripheral neuropathy.
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Inflammatory myopathy.
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Muscle fiber necrosis and phagocytosis
with an infiltrate composed of HIV infected macrophages.
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In some people treated with
AZT, there is a reversible myopathy leading to myoglobinuria.
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Clinical symptoms include proximal
muscle weakness and muscle pain.
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Measurable increased blood levels
of CPK.
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