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Document 0206
DOCN M9610206
TI Association of hepatic veno-occlusive disease with the acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome.
DT 9601
AU Buckley JA; Hutchins GM; Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions,; Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
SO Mod Pathol. 1995 May;8(4):398-401. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96053500
AB AIMS: Observation of a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome and veno-occlusive disease (VOD) at autopsy prompted us to
review the liver pathology of autopsied patients with human
immunodeficiency virus seropositivity and/or acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (HIV/AIDS) to determine the frequency of occurrence of VOD and
the circumstances in which it arose. METHODS: the patients studied had
been autopsied at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, a referral center, between
April 1981 and July 1993. We reviewed 275 adult HIV/AIDS patients
autopsied with liver slides available for evaluation. Twenty cases
fulfilled the pathologic criteria for VOD, central vein obliteration and
sclerosis, sinusoidal congestion and fibrosis, and perivenular
hepatocellular degeneration and necrosis. The autopsy cases were
compared for age, race, gender, duration of HIV infection, and risk
factor for the acquisition of HIV infection. The clinical and pathologic
features of the 20 cases with VOD were reviewed. RESULTS: of the 275
HIV/AIDS patients, 20 (7.3%) had VOD. The average age was 41 yr (range
30-58) and most cases were black males (15 black, 5 white, and 18 male).
The duration of HIV infection ranged from 6 mo to 8 yr (mean, 19 mo).
The risk factor for acquiring HIV infection was primarily intravenous
drug abuse (12 of 20, 60%). Six patients had homosexual or bisexual
contacts, and two had other or unknown risk factors. In contrast, among
the total of 275 HIV/AIDS autopsied patients reviewed, only 72 (26%)
reported intravenous drug abuse whereas 157 (57%) individuals listed
homosexual or bisexual contacts as a risk for developing HIV infection.
Forty-six patients (17%) had other or unknown means of HIV infection.
Statistical analysis by risk factor showed that intravenous drug abuse
was statistically significant as a predictor for the development of VOD
in an HIV/AIDS patient (P < 0.005). CONCLUSIONS: VOD of the liver can be
seen in patients with HIV/AIDS and is associated with intravenous drug
abuse.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PATHOLOGY Adult Aged
Female Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PATHOLOGY Human
Liver/PATHOLOGY Male Middle Age Substance Abuse,
Intravenous/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PATHOLOGY Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).