title: Cryptosporidiosis of the biliary tract mimicking pancreatic cancer in an AIDS patient.
abstract: Diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium sp is frequent in patients with AIDS, but involvement of other organs of the digestive tract is uncommon. We report a case of Cryptosporidium-associated obstruction of the biliary tract mimicking cancer of the head of the pancreas in a 43-year-old woman with AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Doenças Tropicais e Diagnóstico por Imagem, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo, Botucatu, SP. lsouza@fmb.unesp.br
authors.forename: Lenice do Rosário
authors.initials: Ldo R
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida M
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morceli
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: Rinaldo Poncio
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*