RT Journal
A1 Balbi HJ, McAbee G, Annunziato D, Johnson GM
T1 FAtal gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage in a child with aids
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1989
FD September 15
VO 262
IS 11
SP 1470
OP 1470
DO 10.1001/jama.1989.03430110060020
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03430110060020
AB To the Editor.— 
    As of May 1988 more than 900 cases of pediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were reported to the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Ga.1 Complications commonly reported include pulmonary disease, progressive encephalopathy, opportunistic infections, hematologic abnormalities, and hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal tract dysfunction.2,3We report a pediatric patient with AIDS who had sudden unexpected death due to massive gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage following an episode of pneumatosis intestinalis (intramural air).Report of a Case. — 
    An 8-year-old boy presented at 6 years of age with fever of unknown origin. Both parents were intravenous drug users. The boy allegedly had been abused sexually by his father, who subsequently died of brain abscesses and AIDS. Later, the patient and his mother had antibody to human immunodeficiency virus detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot analysis.Over 2 years, the child (who had been in a program for gifted