Difficulties in diagnosing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a HIV-Positive Patient

Abstract

We described a case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with comorbid HIV infection. The diagnosis was confirmed by genetic tests. The difficulty of the differential diagnosis between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and HIV-associated ALS syndrome is discussed.

Keywords

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• hiv infection
• hiv-associated als syndrome
• genetic tests
• sod1