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'''Human immunodeficiency virus''', abbreviated '''HIV''', is the causative agent in ''acquire immune deficiency syndrome'' (AIDS) - unless you're a nutbar South African president called Thabo Mbeki.<ref>URL: [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/world/africa/26aids.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/world/africa/26aids.html]. Accessed on: 19 September 2010.</ref>
'''Human immunodeficiency virus''', abbreviated '''HIV''', is generally held to be the causative agent in '''acquired immune deficiency syndrome''', commonly abbreviated '''AIDS'''.


It is associated with a very wide range of pathology including neoplasias and infections.
It is associated with a very wide range of pathology including neoplasias and infections.
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*[[Kaposi sarcoma]].
*[[Kaposi sarcoma]].
*[[Hodgkin lymphoma]].
*[[Hodgkin lymphoma]].
*Primary effusion lymphoma<ref name=pmid15256448>{{cite journal |author=Staudt MR, Kanan Y, Jeong JH, Papin JF, Hines-Boykin R, Dittmer DP |title=The tumor microenvironment controls primary effusion lymphoma growth in vivo |journal=Cancer Res. |volume=64 |issue=14 |pages=4790–9 |year=2004 |month=July |pmid=15256448 |doi=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-3835 |url=}}</ref> - considered to be a special subtype of [[DLBCL]].<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|322}}</ref>
*[[Primary effusion lymphoma]]<ref name=pmid15256448>{{cite journal |author=Staudt MR, Kanan Y, Jeong JH, Papin JF, Hines-Boykin R, Dittmer DP |title=The tumor microenvironment controls primary effusion lymphoma growth in vivo |journal=Cancer Res. |volume=64 |issue=14 |pages=4790–9 |year=2004 |month=July |pmid=15256448 |doi=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-3835 |url=}}</ref> - considered to be a special subtype of [[DLBCL]].<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|322}}</ref>
*[[Leiomyoma]] and [[leiomyosarcoma]] in association with [[EBV]].<ref name=pmid8880205>{{Cite journal  | last1 = McClain | first1 = KL. | last2 = Joshi | first2 = VV. | last3 = Murphy | first3 = SB. | title = Cancers in children with HIV infection. | journal = Hematol Oncol Clin North Am | volume = 10 | issue = 5 | pages = 1189-201 | month = Oct | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 8880205 }}</ref>
*[[Leiomyoma]] and [[leiomyosarcoma]] in association with [[EBV]].<ref name=pmid8880205>{{Cite journal  | last1 = McClain | first1 = KL. | last2 = Joshi | first2 = VV. | last3 = Murphy | first3 = SB. | title = Cancers in children with HIV infection. | journal = Hematol Oncol Clin North Am | volume = 10 | issue = 5 | pages = 1189-201 | month = Oct | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 8880205 }}</ref>


==Other==
==Other==
===Miscellaneous===
*[[Haemophagocytic syndrome]].
*[[Haemophagocytic syndrome]].
*[[Castleman disease]], plasma cell variant.  
*[[Castleman disease]], plasma cell variant.  
===Renal pathology===
*[[Collapsing glomerulopathy]].
*[[Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis]].


==Infections==
==Infections==
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*[[Cryptosporidiosis]].
*[[Cryptosporidiosis]].
*[[Tuberculosis]].
*[[Tuberculosis]].
*Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
*[[Mycobacterium avium complex]] (MAC).
**Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare.
**Consists of: Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare.
***MAC = MAI (Mycobacterium avium intracellulare).<ref>URL: [http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML]. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.</ref> (???)
***MAC = MAI (Mycobacterium avium intracellulare).<ref>URL: [http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML http://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/greensonlab/JANUNKNOWN.HTML]. Accessed on: 25 February 2011.</ref>{{fact}}


Less common:
Less common:
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==Selected infectious AIDS-defining illnesses==
==Selected infectious AIDS-defining illnesses==
*[[Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia]].
*[[Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia]].
*Candidiasis of esophagus.
*[[Candidiasis of esophagus]].
*[[Tuberculosis]]
*[[Tuberculosis]]


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=See also=
=See also=
*[[Viruses]].
*[[Viruses]].
*[[Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumour]].


=References=
=References=
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