LEISHMANIA ESOPHAGITIS IN AN AIDS PATIENT - AN UNUSUAL FORM OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS

Authors
VILLANUEVA JL TORRECISNEROS J JURADO R VILLAR A MONTERO M LOPEZ F SANCHEZGUIJO P KINDELAN JM
Citation
Jl. Villanueva et al., LEISHMANIA ESOPHAGITIS IN AN AIDS PATIENT - AN UNUSUAL FORM OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS, The American journal of gastroenterology, 89(2), 1994, pp. 273-275
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
The American journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
89
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
273 - 275
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1994)89:2<273:LEIAAP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Esophageal disease is a common cause of morbidity in patients infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although gastrointestinal invo lvement of Ieishmaniasis has been previously reported, we believed tha t we describe the first case of leishmania esophagitis. Clinical data and the endoscopic and histologic hallmarks are described.