Abnormally small adenoids in HIV-infected children.
A number of diverse head and neck manifestations of HIV infection have been described, including adenoidal hypertrophy. We report a series of HIV-infected children in which 9 of 18 had abnormally small or radiographically absent adenoidal tissue. This finding did not, however, seem to correlate with several parameters for the severity or stage of illness.
Balsam
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Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USA.
Kanth
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Balbi
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D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male