Document 0898
 DOCN  M9650898
 TI    [Diagnostic results of abdominal computerized tomography in HIV-infected
       patients]
 DT    9605
 AU    Knollmann FD; Grunewald T; Maurer J; Schedel H; Schroder R; Pegios W;
       Vogl TJ; Pohle HD; Felix R; Strahlenklinik und Poliklinik, Freie
       Universitat Berlin,; Klinikum Rudolf Virchow.
 SO    Aktuelle Radiol. 1995 Nov;5(6):351-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96149787
 AB    The exact frequency of pathologic findings in abdominal computed
       tomograms of HIV-infected patients is not yet known. To analyse such
       findings, CT scans of 339 HIV-infected patients were reviewed. While
       over four fifths of patients displayed abnormal findings;
       hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, pathologically enlarged lymph
       nodes, and bowel wall thickening were the most common signs of disease.
       Only for enlarged lymph nodes could a dependency on clinical stage of
       the infection be demonstrated. As a conclusion, abdominal computed
       tomography reveals pathologic findings in the vast majority of
       HIV-infected patients, almost independent of clinical stage.
       Specifically, CT provides well documented lymph node staging. There are
       practically no age-or sex-dependent disease patterns in abdominal CT
       scans.
 DE    Abdomen/*RADIOGRAPHY  Adult  Aged  AIDS-Related Opportunistic
       Infections/CLASSIFICATION/*RADIOGRAPHY  English Abstract  Female  Human
       HIV Infections/*RADIOGRAPHY  Lymphography  Male  Middle Age  Sensitivity
       and Specificity  *Tomography, X-Ray Computed  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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