title: Otolaryngologic and head and neck manifestations of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
abstract: Patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) frequently present with signs and symptoms referable to the head and neck. Three hundred ninety-nine patients with AIDS presented at the University of California, San Francisco and its affiliated hospitals from 1980 to April 1984. One hundred sixty-five patients (41%) with AIDS presented with, or had on initial evaluation, head and neck manifestations. Of that group, 58 (35%) had cutaneous, oral, and pharyngeal lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma; 51 (31%) had oral, pharyngeal, esophageal, or laryngeal candidiasis; 36 (22%) had chronic cough and shortness of breath; 13 (8%) had rapidly enlarging neck masses; and 7 (4%) had herpes simplex lesions. With the increasing number of cases of AIDS it is important for the otolaryngologist to be aware of these presentations.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000209:etiology; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000209:etiology; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000209:etiology; D009162:Mycobacterium avium; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000209:etiology; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000209:etiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology