(1) Department of Urology, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain;(2) Department of Pathology, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain;(3) Department of Radiology, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain
Abstract:
We present a case of renal vasculitis (polyarteritis nodosa) in a 36-year-old female prostitute having undetected HIV infection (AIDS-related complex) and chronic B-hepatitis. The pathogenesis and significance of the association between these entities are reviewed.