Affiliation:
1. Universidade do Estado de São Paulo
Abstract
Diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium sp is frequent in patients with AIDS, but involvement of other organs of the digestive tract is uncommon. We report a case of Cryptosporidium-associated obstruction of the biliary tract mimicking cancer of the head of the pancreas in a 43-year-old woman with AIDS.
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Parasitology
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