title: [Correlation of clinical and morphological diagnoses in 55 fatal AIDS cases].
abstract: Pathomorphological studies were performed in 60 HIV-infected patients and the accuracy of clinical diagnoses of infections and neoplasms was evaluated. In 5 cases clinical diagnosis of AIDS was not confirmed at autopsy. 114 infections and neoplasms were found in 55 AIDS-patients, of these 80 (70%) were not diagnosed clinically. Clinical diagnosis of the cause of death was consistent with morphological findings in 24 AIDS cases (45.5%). The results justify a plea for a close co-operation of clinicians, microbiologists and pathologists to improve the accuracy of clinical diagnoses in AIDS patients. In a fatal case of AIDS a post-mortem study should always be performed.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Immunopatologii Państwowego Zakładu Higieny w Warszawie.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Walewska-Zielecka
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality