Imaging of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection in AIDS Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Reversal Syndrome
Kenneth M. Nalaboff1,
Anna Rozenshtein2 and
Mark H. Kaplan3
1
Department of Radiology, North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Dr.,
Manhasset, NY 11030.
2
Department of Radiology, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, St. Luke's
Division, 1111 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10025.
3
Department of Infectious Diseases, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset,
NY 11030.

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Fig. 1. 31-year-old man with AIDS wh developed sudden massive cervica
lymphadenopathy 3 weeks after beginnin highly active antiretroviral therapy. C
scan shows large bilateral low-densit cervical nodes (arrowheads)
consisten with necrosis.
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Fig. 2. 28-year-old woman with AIDS and history of infection with
Mycobacterium avim-intracellulare who developed severe abdominal pain
1 month after beginning highly active antiretroviral therapy. CT scan of
abdomen reveals extensive necrotic mesenteric lymphadenopathy
(arrowheads).
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Fig. 3. 29-year-old woman with AIDS and history of infection with
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare. CT scan of chest shows right
hilar lymphadenopathy (arrow).
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Fig. 4. 50-year-old woman with AIDS who developed fever, arthralgias,
cutaneous nodules, and osteomyelitis of right foot and thoracic spine after
starting highly active antiretroviral therapy. T1-weighted MR image of
thoracic spine shows paraspinal mass (arrow). Note collapse of T7
from Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare osteomyelitis.
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