Sante. 1999 Mar-Apr;9(2):85-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/99307488
Over a six-month period, 146 grade IV AIDS patients (HIV-1 and HIV-2)
systematically underwent abdominal ultrasound examination. All abdominal
organs were investigated in the search for lesions. Many lesions were
detected. Pathological lesions were most frequent in the nodes (17.2%),
hyperechogenic liver tissue (16.5%) and kidneys (13.7%). Lesions in the
liver, gall bladder and spleen were less frequent. In most cases, the
lesions were not specific to AIDS. However, systemic abdominal
ultrasound scans for AIDS patients would be of value because such
lesions are present.
JOURNAL ARTICLE l'infection a VIH chez l'adulte de Cote d'Ivoire: a
propos de 146 cas] Abdomen/*ULTRASONOGRAPHY Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome/*ULTRASONOGRAPHY Adolescence Adult Comparative Study Cote
d'Ivoire English Abstract Female Human *HIV-1 *HIV-2
Kidney/ULTRASONOGRAPHY Liver/ULTRASONOGRAPHY Lymph
Nodes/ULTRASONOGRAPHY Male Middle Age Pancreas/ULTRASONOGRAPHY
Prospective Studies Spleen/ULTRASONOGRAPHY