Giant idiopathic ulcer of esophagus in the context of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

C A Dragean, I Bogdan, K Azzouzzi, L Goncette

Department of Radiology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium.

JBR-BTR : organe de la Société royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie (KBVR) 2013 Mar-Apr

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The giant ulcer of esophagus is a rare entity in the context of human immunodeficiency syndrome. In front of this type of ulceration the radiologist must to distinguish between two types of ulcers HIV, cytomegalovirus (CMV). The differential diagnosis is necessary for orientation of the therapy and is the result of association between radiological, endoscopic and pathological findings.

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C A Dragean, I Bogdan, K Azzouzzi, L Goncette. Giant idiopathic ulcer of esophagus in the context of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). JBR-BTR : organe de la Société royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie (KBVR). 2013 Mar-Apr;96(2):72-4