The image shows lesions characteristic of Bacillary Angiomatosis, a vascular skin proliferation caused by Bartonella henselae or B. quintana, often seen in immunocompromised individuals and is the second most common cause of angiomatous skin lesions in HIV patients.
La angiomatosis bacilar es una infección causada por Bartonella henselae o Bartonella quintana, panes principalmente en pacientes inmunocomprometidos. Se presenta como lesiones cutáneas vasculoproliferativas que pueden parecer tumores y es la segunda causa más común de lesiones angiomatosas en pacientes con VIH.
| Front | Identify the lesion, its causative organism, and associated pathophysiology |
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| Back | ↓ Vasculoproliferative form of Bartonella infection that occurs primarily in immunocompromised pts and is the 2nd most common cause of angiomatous skin lesions in HIV pts Bartonella henselae | Bartonella quintana Pathophysiology ↓ Organism grows in vessels which then rupture and take on tumor-like appearance |
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