title: Histoplasmosis involving the omentum in an AIDS patient: CT demonstration.
abstract: The anatomy and pathology of the greater omentum as demonstrated by CT has been well described. Approximately 80% of cases of omental pathology are caused by malignancy and the remaining 20% are the result of inflammatory disease, mainly tuberculosis or pancreatitis. Histoplasmosis has not been previously reported to involve the greater omentum. We report a case of disseminated histoplasmosis that presented with infiltration of the greater omentum and the small bowel mesentery in a patient with acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Alterman
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed