Table 2 Incidental Findings in Participants with HIV and Controls.

From: Incidental Findings on Brain MRI in People with HIV Infection

Finding

Participants with HIV Infection (%)

Control Participants (%)

Number with Incidental Findings (%)

36/108 (33%)

33/125 (26%)

Neurologic

27 (62.8)

19 (44.2)

  White Matter Loss

20 (46.5)

9 (20.9)

  Empty Sella/Pseudotumor Cerebri

6 (14)

8 (18.6)

  Basal Ganglia Disease

1 (2.3)

0

  Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

0

1 (2.3)

  Chiari Malformation

0

1 (2.3)

Vascular

6 (14)

12 (27.9)

  Chronic Small Vessel Ischemic Disease

5 (11.6)

10 (23.3)

  Lacunar Lesion

1 (2.3)

1 (2.3)

  Brainstem Lesion

0

1 (2.3)

Neoplastic

2 (4.6)

2 (4.6)

  Meningioma

1 (2.3)

0

  Colloid Cyst

1 (2.3)

0

  Pituitary Adenoma

0

1 (2.3)

  Interventricular Nodule

0

1 (2.3)

Non-Neurologic

8 (18.6)

10 (23.3)

  Maxillary Sinus Disease

6 (14)

7 (16.3)

  Ethmoid Sinus Disease

1 (2.3)

1 (2.3)

  C3–4 Disc Protrusion with Mild Cord Compression

1 (2.3)

0

  Expanded Spinal Cord Canal

0

1 (2.3)

  Congenitally Short Pedicles in Upper Cervical Spine

0

1 (2.3)

  1. Note: some participants had more than one finding.