Clinical Features of Opportunistic Diseases of Neck in HIV-Infected Patients.
10.3342/kjorl-hns.2009.52.2.166
- Author:
Chang Hoon LEE
1
;
Jeung Hae CHO
;
Young Ha KIM
;
Hyung Min KIM
;
Min Sik KIM
;
Dong Il SUN
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. hnsdi@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
HIV infection;
Neck;
Opportunistic disease
- MeSH:
Head;
HIV;
HIV Infections;
Humans;
Lymphatic Diseases;
Lymphoma;
Medical Records;
Neck;
Retrospective Studies;
Sarcoma, Kaposi;
Tuberculosis
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2009;52(2):166-171
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
