title: Adenoidal hypertrophy as the presenting feature of HIV infection.
abstract: A case of symptomatic recurrent adenoidal hypertrophy, as the presenting feature of HIV infection in a haemophiliac child, is reported. The incidence of non-malignant nasopharyngeal lymphoid hyperplasia in HIV infection is examined and the relevance of the histological appearance is discussed in relation to progression of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Surgery, St Thomas' Hospital, London.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hickey
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Macartney
mesh_terms: D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence