title: Subacromial bursitis related to HIV infection: case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Describe a subacromial bursitis at the right shoulder of a 45-year-old male subject. The patient has been living with HIV/AIDS for 22 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  The ultrasonography and the MRI revealed the presence of a pronounced subacromial effusion, with an inflammatory reaction of adjacent tissues. The tumoration was handled firstly with a needle-puncture aspiration, with a thick liquid outflow, followed by an open drainage. Histopathological evaluation showed no evidence of any AIDS defining disease. There was complete remission of the infection after five months thereafter the symptoms had started.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After reviewing the scarce literature in the area, no reports of subacromial bursitis in HIV/AIDS patients were found. The authors point out that, although rare, this disease should be considered as differential diagnosis of shoulder diseases in HIV-infected subjects.
authors.forename: Benno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ejnisman
authors.forename: Eduardo Antônio de
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.forename: Bernardo Barcellos
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Terra
authors.forename: Ana Lucia L Munhoz
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Uip
mesh_terms: D002062:Bursitis / Q000209:etiology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012785:Shoulder Joint