Bone bacillary angiomatosis in an HIV-infected patient

Br J Rheumatol. 1996 Sep;35(9):901-4. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/35.9.901.

Abstract

Bacillary angiomatosis (BA) is a recently discovered multisystem bacterial infectious disease seen in the setting of immune suppression due to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A case of an HIV-infected patient with osteolytic bone involvement is reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiomatosis, Bacillary / complications*
  • Angiomatosis, Bacillary / pathology
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metacarpus / diagnostic imaging
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteomyelitis / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed