HIV infection presenting as renal polyarteritis nodosa.
We present a case of renal vasculitis (polyarteritis nodosa) in a 36-year-old female prostitute having undetected HIV infection (AIDS-related complex) and chronic B-hepatitis. The pathogenesis and significance of the association between these entities are reviewed.
Angulo
J C
JC
Department of Urology, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain.
Lopez
J I
JI
Garcia
M E
ME
Peiro
J
J
Flores
N
N
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D011859:Radiography