The pancreas in AIDS.
Although autopsy studies reveal significant pancreatic lesions in about 10% of AIDS patients, pancreatic lesions infrequently produce symptoms and are rarely recognized premortem. Patients with AIDS can develop pancreatic disease from causes not related to AIDS or AIDS-specific lesions. AIDS-specific causes include opportunistic infection, AIDS-associated neoplasia, and medications used to treat complications of AIDS. Pancreatic involvement is usually part of a widely disseminated tumor and rarely produces clinical symptoms.
Cappell
M S
MS
Department of Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology