Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2009 Feb;52(2):166-171. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2009.52.2.166.

Clinical Features of Opportunistic Diseases of Neck in HIV-Infected Patients

• Lee CH
• Cho JH
• Kim YH
• Kim HM
• Kim MS
• Sun DI

• KMID: 2276992
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/kjorl-hns.2009.52.2.166

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
More than half of all patients who are diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus infection have clinical findings in the head and neck region. The objectives of our study were to find out which clinical features of HIV infected patients have opportunistic diseases in the neck.
SUBJECTS AND METHOD
Medical records of HIV infected patients (n=103) treated at Kangnam St. Mary's hospital from April 2000 to December 2007 were retrospectively analyzed.
RESULTS
Of 103 patients, 77 had opportunistic diseases. Of these 77 patients, 12 had the diseases in the neck and 65 in the extracervical lesion. Among the opportunistic diseases in neck, tuberculosis was the most prevalent (6 pts), followed by inflammatory lymphadenopathy (2 pts), Kaposi's sarcoma (2 pts) and malignant lymphoma (2 pts).
CONCLUSION
HIV infected patients must be made aware of chances of opportunistic disease in the neck so that proper testing and treatment may ensue.

Keyword

HIV infection; Neck; Opportunistic disease

MeSH Terms

Head
HIV
HIV Infections
Humans
Lymphatic Diseases
Lymphoma
Medical Records
Neck
Retrospective Studies
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Tuberculosis