Chagas' disease of the cervix uteri in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
A 27-year-old woman with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and endocervical Chagas' disease is reported. The patient was a cocaine addict, and her sexual partner was also human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive. Her past medical history included a son who died 3 days after birth due to congenital Chagas' disease. Seven years later, through a cervical biopsy, a reactivation of Chagas' disease was diagnosed. Giant cells with typical amastigotes were seen; they strongly stained with antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi. The patient died 5 months later of an acute chagasic myocardiopathy. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this parasitosis in the cervix uteri.
Concetti
H
H
Department of Pathology, Hospital Juan A. Fernández, Gobierno Autónomo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Retegui
M
M
Pérez
G
G
Pérez
H
H
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000276:immunology
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan