Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor of the appendix vermiformis in a patient with AIDS

Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor of the appendix vermiformis in a patient with AIDS

Mycobacterial pseudotumor (MP) is a rare pathologic presentation of both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease, hitherto reported to occur only in immunosuppressed patients with or without human immunodeficiency virus infection. This lesion shares close pathologic rese...

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Main Authors: Basílio-de-Oliveira Carlos Alberto, Eyer-Silva Walter A., Valle Heliomar de Azevedo, Rodrigues Ana Lúcia, Pimentel Ana Luisa Pinheiro, Morais-de-Sá Carlos Alberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2001-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HIV infection
Kaposi's sarcoma
Mycobacterium
pseudotumor
spindle cell
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