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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1988;51:422-424 doi:10.1136/jnnp.51.3.422
  • Research Article

Cerebral astrocytoma in association with HIV infection.

  1. J Gasnault,
  2. F X Roux,
  3. C Vedrenne
  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.

      Abstract

      Cerebral astrocytoma has been found in two patients with AIDS related conditions. The fortuity of this unusual association is discussed, insofar as immunosuppression could favour the growth of certain neoplasms.

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