       Document 0394
 DOCN  M9630394
 TI    Intra-abdominal mass associated with gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a new
       manifestation of bacillary angiomatosis.
 DT    9603
 AU    Koehler JE; Cederberg L; Department of Medicine, University of
       California-San Francisco,; USA.
 SO    Gastroenterology. 1995 Dec;109(6):2011-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96086811
 AB    Bacillary angiomatosis is a recently described vascular proliferative
       lesion that occurs most commonly in individuals infected with human
       immunodeficiency virus. Cutaneous lesions are the most frequently
       described manifestations of bacillary angiomatosis. However, as culture
       techniques and disease recognition have improved, additional
       manifestations have been identified in human immunodeficiency
       virus-infected individuals, including bacillary peliosis hepatis and
       isolated bacteremia. Two species of the genus Bartonella (formerly
       Rochalimaea), Bartonella henselae or Bartonella quintana, have been
       cultured from the cutaneous lesions of bacillary angiomatosis. A new
       manifestation of Bartonella infection is reported: an intra-abdominal
       mass presenting with massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a patient
       with human immunodeficiency virus infection. B. quintana was cultured
       from a percutaneous needle-biopsy specimen obtained from the highly
       vascularized intra-abdominal mass. The bacillary angiomatosis lesion
       resolved after 3 months of tetracycline treatment. Recognition of
       Bartonella infection is extremely important because it is readily
       treatable with antibiotic therapy.
 DE    Adult  Angiomatosis, Bacillary/*COMPLICATIONS/MICROBIOLOGY/RADIOGRAPHY
       Bartonella quintana/ISOLATION & PURIF  Case Report  Female
       Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/*ETIOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Infections/COMPLICATIONS  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Support, U.S. Gov't,
       P.H.S.  Tomography, X-Ray Computed  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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