• Title of article

    Cases from the Medical Grand Rounds of the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins University

  • Author/Authors

    Thomas R. Talbot، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    150
  • To page
    151
  • Abstract
    Presenting features A 39-year-old male with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (CD4 count of 3) presented with the chief complaints of left-sided abdominal pain, fevers, and night sweats of three-weeks duration. He was noncompliant with prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and Mycobacterium avium complex and was not currently on highly-active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Physical examination on admission was noteworthy for a temperature of 39° C and abdominal pain to deep palpation in the left mid-epigastric region. An extensive work-up was undertaken, including an esophagogastroduodenoscopy with enteroscopy which raised papular lesions in his jejunum (Figure 1, arrows). Figure 1. What is the diagnosis?
  • Journal title
    The American Journal of Medicine
  • Serial Year
    2002
  • Journal title
    The American Journal of Medicine
  • Record number

    808630