title: Laparotomy in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: indications and outcome.
abstract: Four distinct disease processes account for the majority of surgically correctable intra-abdominal pathologies associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: cytomegalovirus infection, Kaposi's sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and mycobacterial infection. Affected patients may also develop acute cholecystitis and appendicitis with significant frequency. Thorough investigation, when possible, will obviate the need for laparotomy in most HIV-infected patients with abdominal symptoms and signs. In those who require surgical intervention, the outcome varies greatly according to the nature of the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lowy
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Barie
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000601:surgery; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000601:surgery; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000601:surgery; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000601:surgery; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000601:surgery