Cryptosporidiosis of the biliary tract mimicking pancreatic cancer in an AIDS patient
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2004-03-01
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Do Rosário de Souza, Lenice [UNESP]
Rodrigues, Maria Aparecida Marchesan [UNESP]
Morceli, José [UNESP]
Kemp, Raphael [UNESP]
Mendes, Rinaldo Poncio [UNESP]
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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.
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AIDS, Biliary tract, Cryptosporidiosis, Pancreatitis, antiretrovirus agent, clarithromycin, fluconazole, indinavir, lamivudine, stavudine, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, adult, bile duct obstruction, case report, clinical feature, cryptosporidiosis, diarrhea, differential diagnosis, disease course, female, hepatobiliary system, human, pancreas cancer, Adult, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Animals, Cholestasis, Fatal Outcome, Female, Humans, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Cryptosporidium, Pomacanthus maculosus
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, v. 37, n. 2, p. 182-185, 2004.