Case 213. 

Bartonellosis (bacillary angiomatosis) in AIDS (29 y-o M)
　 　 　 　
　 Biopsied cervical lymph node in an American AIDS patient complaining of fever and weight loss 　
　 　 　 　

　

 　 The lymph node is replaced by pyogenic granuloma-like small vessel proliferation (HE, low power). The disease was first described as multiple skin lesions in 1987. The liver and spleen may also be the target of this opportunistic infeciton of Bartonella henselae.