1st August 2023

A 52-year-old man with an established diagnosis of AIDS is reviewed in a gastroenterology clinic with a two-month history of weight loss

A 52-year-old man with an established diagnosis of AIDS is reviewed in a gastroenterology clinic with a two-month history of weight loss, extensive diarrhoea, and malaise, and occasional haemoptysis Colonoscopies have been negative, and he has been referred on from review by the surgical team. Blood tests reveal new anaemia and neutropenia. A chest x-ray is performed, and the diagnosis is confirmed through a bone marrow biopsy.

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