title: Vasculopathy of the large arteries in children infected by the human immune deficiency virus.
abstract: We report on two children with advanced acquired immune deficiency syndrome presenting with vasculopathy involving the large vessels. Both patients had extensive involvement of the aorta and its branches. One patient presented with heart failure, and mild systemic hypertension secondary to renal arterial stenosis, while the other patient manifested with gangrene of both arms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics at the Coronation Hospital for Women and Children, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. oborn@samedical.co.za
authors.forename: Nancy Anyango
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Obor
authors.forename: Antoinette Myrna
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cilliers
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology