Infectious diseases

• Helicobacter Pylori-associated tumorigenesis
  29 March 2017

  Helicobacter Pylori-associated carcinogenesis
  Images
  Coccoid form of Helicobacter Pylori https://twitter.com/huda_rr1/status/846381455550795776 https://twitter.com/huda_rr1/status/846381455550795776
  Examples
  Helicobacter Pylori-associated lymphoma
  Helicobacter Pylori-associated adenocarcinoma

• Clonorchis sinensis
  29 March 2017

  𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒔 sp. WKP
  Images
  Adult 𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒔 fluke living in a large bile duct / Clonorchis sinensis https://twitter.com/liverpath/status/846862967018835968 https://twitter.com/Levelsx5/status/846723113702363137
  See also
  Opisthorchis viverrini
  flukes / fluke liver fluke
  Open references
  Clonorchis sinensis, an oriental liver fluke, as a human biological agent of cholangiocarcinoma: a brief review. Kim TS, Pak JH, Kim JB, Bahk YY. BMB Rep. 2016 Nov;49(11):590-597. PMID: #27418285# (...)

• cryptococcal inflammatory pseudotumor
  15 March 2017

  Cryptococcus-associated inflammatory pseudotumor
  "Inflammatory pseudotumors" (IPTs) embrace a heterogeneous spectrum of reactive, infective, and neoplastic entities, that are characterized by a clinical mass composed of a histologic proliferation of spindle cells in a background of inflammatory cells and collagen fibers.
  Although a spectrum of microorganisms have been identified in infective IPTs, mycobacterial infective IPTs are reported most commonly.
  The specimens demonstrate a (...)

• Histoplasma-associated inflammatory pseudotumour
  15 March 2017

  See also
  digestive infections
  histoplasmosis
  Open references
  Gastrointestinal histoplasmosis presenting as colonic pseudotumour.
  Sehgal S, Chawla R, Loomba PS, Mishra B.
  Indian J Med Microbiol. 2008 Apr-Jun;26(2):187-9.
  PMID: #18445963# Free

• CMV-associated inflammatory pseudotumor
  15 March 2017

  Cytomegalovirus pseudotumor
  Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common pathogen affecting the gastrointestinal tract in patients with AIDS.
  CMV-induced pseudotumor in patients with AIDS is an exceptionally rare clinical entity.
  CMV pseudotumor should be included in the differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal mass lesions in AIDS patients and in other immunocompromised patients.
  The tumor often responds to antiviral therapy, but resolution of a CMV mass as a result of oral antiviral therapy (...)

• HIV-associated inflammatory pseudotumor
  15 March 2017

  Open references
  A case report on the surgical treatment of the huge inflammatory pseudotumor in the AIDS patient with hemophilic. Liu B, Liu L, Feng Y, Li L. Case Rep Pathol. 2011;2011:798649. doi:10.1155/2011/798649. PMID: #22937392# Free
  Inflammatory pseudotumor associated with HIV, JCV, and immune reconstitution syndrome. Gonzalez-Duarte A, Sullivan S, Sips GJ, Naidich T, Kleinman G, Murray J, Morgello S, Germano I, Mullen M, Simpson D. Neurology. 2009 Jan 20;72(3):289-90. (...)

• eumycetoma
  8 March 2017

  Madura foot WKP
  Definition: Eumycetoma is a chronic granulomatous fungal disease of humans, affecting mainly the limbs, and sometimes the abdominal and chest walls or the head.
  Mycetoma pedis (mycetoma of the foot), the most common form of mycetoma, is known widely as the Madura foot. The infection is endemic in Africa, India and the Central and South Americas.
  Images
  Madura foot https://twitter.com/MITSU_VAISHNAV/status/839359995267416066 (...)

• dirofilariasis
  2 March 2017

  WKP
  Images
  dirfilariasis / dirofilaria-induced pulmonary infarct https://twitter.com/Nikon_Zaitsev/status/661236545005973504 https://twitter.com/ashokparameswar/status/1422774434457260034
  See also
  filariases Dirofilaria sp.

• Cryptosporidium sp.
  20 February 2017

  Images
  Cryptosporidium / Cryptosporidia https://twitter.com/kiborbetany/status/832921438734712835 https://twitter.com/ZlatkoPath/status/880817746002554880
  Pathology
  cryptosporidiosis

• rheumatic fever
  9 February 2017

  Images
  Rheumatic heart disease - severe commissural fusion https://twitter.com/_SaranyaS_/status/828840236063084544
  See also
  infectious diseases / infections

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