       Document 0184
 DOCN  M9610184
 TI    Bacillary angiomatosis in patients with AIDS: multiorgan imaging
       findings.
 DT    9601
 AU    Moore EH; Russell LA; Klein JS; White CS; McGuiness G; Davis LG;
       Anderson MW; Department of Radiology, University of California Davis
       Medical; Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.
 SO    Radiology. 1995 Oct;197(1):67-72. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96023125
 AB    PURPOSE: To describe the varied clinical manifestations and imaging
       findings encountered in bacillary angiomatosis, an infectious
       complication of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). MATERIALS
       AND METHODS: Clinical, imaging, and histopathologic findings in nine men
       (aged 26-50 years) with AIDS and bacillary angiomatosis were described.
       This condition often manifests as vascular skin lesions that resemble
       those of Kaposi sarcoma, fever, and anemia and is due to infection with
       Bartonella (Rochalimaea) henselae. RESULTS: Common imaging findings
       included lung nodules, mediastinal adenopathy, peripheral adenopathy,
       pleural effusions, ascites, abdominal adenopathy, soft-tissue masses,
       and low-attenuation lesions in the liver and/or spleen. Most notably,
       nodes and soft-tissue lesions were dramatically enhanced with injection
       of contrast material, which is presumably because the lesions are
       composed to a large extent of well-formed capillaries. CONCLUSION:
       Bacillary angiomatosis, a treatable infection, should be considered in
       patients with AIDS, particularly when Kaposi sarcoma is suspected
       clinically.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS  Adult  Angiomatosis,
       Bacillary/COMPLICATIONS/PATHOLOGY/*RADIOGRAPHY  Human  Liver
       Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY  Lung
       Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY  Male  Mediastinal
       Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY  Middle Age  Skin
       Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY  Splenic
       Diseases/COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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