[Systemic talc granulomatosis in a HIV-negative intravenous drug addict].
Anatomo-pathological correlation in a case of systemic talc granulomatosis affecting lungs, pleura, liver, spleen and mesenteric lymph nodes resulting in pulmonary arterial hypertension and cor pulmonale is described. The patient, a 26-year-old male HIV-negative intravenous drug addict had no lymphopenia or any histopathologic findings at necroscopy compatible with AIDS, despite of a chronic high-risk behavior favoring this illness.
da Cunha
D F
DF
Faculdade de Medicina do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba.
dos Santos
V M
VM
da Cunha
S F
SF
Santana
J H
JH
Fatureto
M C
MC
dos Reis
M A
MA
Teixeira
V de P
Vde P
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*; D013627:Talc / Q000009:adverse effects*
D013627:Talc