AIDS dementia. Coloured Positron Emission Tomo- graphy (PET) scan of an axial section through the brain of an AIDS patient,suffering dementia. At top is the affected brain showing cerebral (red) atrophy,a shrinking of the brain associated with loss of function and symptoms of dementia. At bottom is a healthy brain for comparison. The on- set of dementia in AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is often subtle,with short-term memory loss. The HIV virus causing AIDS can be found in spinal fluid. PET scanning uses a radioactive tracer (for example,oxygen-15) injected into the blood,and detected by a PET scanner | |
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