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Autopsy findings in AIDS--a histopathological analysis of fifty cases.

Klin Wochenschr. 1987 Jul 15;65(14):654-63. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/87313139
Falk S; Schmidts HL; Muller H; Berger K; Schneider M; Schlote W; Helm EB; Stille W; Hubner K; Stutte HJ

Abstract: Fifty consecutive AIDS autopsy cases were evaluated. All subjects showed one or more opportunistic infections and malignancies included in the AIDS case definition with cytomegalovirus and Kaposi's sarcoma being most prevalent. Mycobacterial and cryptococcal infections occurred only infrequently. Most patients of our series after successful treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia or cerebral toxoplasmosis later succumbed to less treatable conditions like disseminated cytomegalovirus or fungal infections or malignant lymphoma. In the absence of specific treatment for the HIV infection leading to these lethal complications special emphasis must be put on the prevention of HIV transmission and spread.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PATHOLOGY Adult Aged Bone Marrow/PATHOLOGY Brain/PATHOLOGY Female Hodgkin's Disease/PATHOLOGY Human Lymph Nodes/PATHOLOGY Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's/PATHOLOGY Male Middle Age Opportunistic Infections/PATHOLOGY Sarcoma, Kaposi's/PATHOLOGY Skin/PATHOLOGY Skin Neoplasms/PATHOLOGY Spleen/PATHOLOGY Thymus Gland/PATHOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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