Detection of human immunodeficiency virus-1 by 35S-RNA in situ hybridization in solitary esophageal ulcers in two patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Esophageal disease frequently complicates the course of the acquire immune deficiency syndrome. In two patients with unusual refractory esophageal ulcers, we were able to demonstrate the presence of human immunodeficiency virus RNA in lymphocytes and mononuclear cells from the ulcer base, using an in situ hybridization technique. These observations suggest that human immunodeficiency virus may play a role in the development or persistence of solitary refractory esophageal ulcers.

Tuberculosis of the rectum in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Report of a case.

Tuberculosis of the rectum is a rare disease. A patient with a miliary pattern of pulmonary tuberculosis had a rectal lesion which proved to be tuberculosis. The patient subsequently developed several opportunistic infections characteristic of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

An unusual case of dysphagia: esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis.

A 30-yr-old man presented with chronic dysphagia and a questionable upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. On endoscopic evaluation, numerous openings were seen throughout the esophagus. Barium esophagram confirmed the diagnosis of esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis.