Case report: bacillary angiomatosis with massive visceral lymphadenopathy.
Bacillary angiomatosis is a newly characterized infectious disease occurring mainly in patients with AIDS. Most patients have cutaneous angiomatosis lesions resembling Kaposi's sarcoma or pyogenic granuloma. Although the disease may be life-threatening if not treated, it is curable with appropriate antibiotic therapy. A patient had a fever, nightsweats, abdominal pain, pleural effusions, and asymmetric peripheral lymphadenopathy. Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed a unique pattern of enhancement of lymph nodes that, to this research team's knowledge, has not been reported previously with this condition. Appropriate antibiotic therapy resulted in a complete resolution of the disease. Included is a discussion of the clinical presentation, etiology, histology, and treatment of bacillary angiomatosis.
Haught
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Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Steinbach
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J
Zander
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DS
Wingo
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D000328:Adult; D016917:Angiomatosis, Bacillary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed