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Washington University Experience | INFECTION | Viruses | HIV | HIV Encephalitis | 1B1 HIVE & HIVL, fulminant (Case 1) H&E 1

1B1-8 HIV encephalitis (HIVE) predominantly involving the gray matter of the cerebral cortex: ---- A large microglial nodule in the lower cortex consists of neuronal loss, occasional lymphocytes, microglia and mononuclear/histiocytic elements, macrophages and astrocytosis with perivascular cuffing. Similar lesions are found in multiple brain regions, including frontal, occipital, temporal and parietal lobes. (H&E)

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