title: HIV associated systemic necrotizing vasculitis.
abstract: The spectrum of HIV associated rheumatic syndromes continues to expand as does our experience with the disease. The following is a case of HIV associated systemic necrotizing vasculitis documented by rectal biopsy. The patient was treated successfully with corticosteroids alone, and after 9 months of followup has no evidence of progression to frank AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology, New York, NY 10029.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valeriano-Marcet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ravichandran
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications