Abstract
Sudan shares extensive borders with seven countries several of which have high (HIV/AIDS) prevalence. HIV is a virus belong to the family retroviridea and its infection causes profound immune suppression. AIDS is a late symptom of the infection and is associated with an unintended weight loss. This study investigates the presence of epilepsy among Sudanese AIDS patients. This is a descriptive cross sectional hospital based study which was carried out at Khartoum state hospitals during the period March 2007 to November 2017 and 700 AIDS patients were included in this study. Out of the 700 Sudanese AIDS patients almost 5.71% had epilepsy and 50% of them had generalized convulsions. Encephalitis was found to be the commonest cause of epilepsy followed by meningitis, brain abscess, CNS lymphoma and toxoplasmosis. The EEGs showed abnormal discharge in 28 patients (70%). AIDS is a great mimicker. It can present in almost any neurological manifestation. Epilepsy is not an uncommon neurological manifestation associated with AIDS.
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