A patient with advanced HIV disease may develop a range of biliary tract disorders.
Types of biliary tract diseases that may AIDS-related:
(1) AIDS cholangiopathy (AIDS-related secondary sclerosing cholangitis)
(2) stenosis at the ampulla of Vater (included with AIDS cholangiopathy)
(3) acalculous cholecystitis
(4) malignant lymphoma
(5) cholangiocarcinoma (secondary to cholangiopathy)
Differential diagnosis:include biliary tract disease unrelated to HIV infection:
(1) cholelithiasis
(2) primary sclerosing cholangitis
(3) trematode
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Specialty: Gastroenterology, Surgery, general
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