title: AIDS: an overview of the pathology.
abstract: This article reviews the findings at postmortem examination on AIDS and separately details the surgical pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, lymph nodes, and skin in these patients. Emphasis is placed upon the light microscopic features of the specimens commonly received in surgical pathology so as the promote the ready diagnosis of this important and grave disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waisman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rotterdam
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Niedt
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lewin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Racz
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D004064:Digestive System / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D009162:Mycobacterium avium; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology