title: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) of the abdominal organs: imaging features.
abstract: The liver, spleen, biliary tract, pancreas, and kidneys are commonly affected by opportunistic infection, malignancy, and inflammatory disorders during the course of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Clinical manifestations of solid abdominal visceral involvement are protean and usually nonspecific, but it is important to establish a specific diagnosis promptly in these often critically ill patients. This presentation reviews the cross-sectional imaging spectrum of HIV-associated lesions of these organs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gore
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yaghmai
mesh_terms: D016263:AIDS-Associated Nephropathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed