Common neurological complications of HIV-1 infection
Due to HIV
Distal sensory peripheral neuropathy (DSPN)
HIV dementia (HAD)
Vacuolar myelopathy (usually in association with HAD)
HIV polymyositis
Opportunistic infections
Toxoplasmosis
Cryptococcal meningitis
Tuberculosis—meningitis, abscesses, tuberculoma
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) encephalitis, retinitis, lumbar polyradiculopathy, vasculitic peripheral neuropathy
Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy (PML)
Tumours
Primary CNS lymphoma
Metastatic systemic lymphoma
Drug related complications
Peripheral neuropathy caused by ddI, ddC and d4T; isoniazid
Myopathy (zidovudine)