title: Arterial splenic calcifications in children with AIDS: two case reports.
abstract: Splenic calcifications in AIDS patients are usually round and result from infections with opportunistic pathogens such as Pneumocystis carinii, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare and Cytomegalovirus. We describe here a remarkable echopattern of the spleen in two pediatric patients, resulting from linear, branching calcifications in the splenic parenchymal arteries. We believe this echopattern represents the ultrasonographic manifestation of an HIV-associated vasculopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology (R-109), Division of Body Imaging, University of Miami School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016960, FL 33101, USA.
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ghersin
authors.forename: Berta M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Montalvo
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography