Gastrointestinal disease in the immunocompromised host.
Gastrointestinal disease in two groups of immunocompromised patients, namely the AIDS patient and the post-bone marrow transplant patient, are discussed. Disease entities include opportunistic infections, Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma and other B cell proliferative disorders, cancer following transplantation, typhlitis, and pseudomembranous colitis.
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Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D011859:Radiography; D014180:Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects