Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Oct 2011)

Bacillary angiomatosis in HIV-positive patient from Northeastern Brazil: a case report

  • Renata Félix da Justa,
  • Adriana Banhos Carneiro,
  • Jorge Luiz Nobre Rodrigues,
  • Andréia Cavalcante,
  • Evelyne Santana Girão,
  • Paulo Sergio Silva,
  • José Telmo Valença Júnior,
  • Dalgimar Beserra de Menezes,
  • Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva Leitão

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822011000500025
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 44, no. 5
pp. 641 – 643

Abstract

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It is a report of disseminated bacillary angiomatosis (BA) in a 23-year-old female patient, who is HIV-positive and with fever, weight loss, hepatomegaly, ascites, and papular-nodular skin lesions. The clinical and diagnostic aspects involved in the case were discussed. Bacillary angiomatosis must always be considered in the diagnosis of febrile cutaneous manifestations in AIDS.

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