title: Otorhinolaryngological manifestations of HIV/AIDS in Lagos.
abstract: A prospective study was carried out at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Lagos. The aims were to determine the prevalence of otorhinolaryngological disease among patients who were HIV+ and or had clinical AIDS and to correlate the presence of ORL disease with the clinical state of HIV infection. The study was done between October 1998 and September 1999. A total of ninety-eight patients were studied. The age range of the patients was between 15 and 69 years with 83% of them being in the age group of 20-49 years. The results showed that while only 17% of the patients were referred because of ORL diseases, 80% of them actually had O.R.L./head and neck conditions. This difference of proportion is highly significant P = 0.000037. 160.20% of the patients had oral/pharyngeal lesions and 24.5% had identifiable otological disease. Hearing impairment was noted in 30.6% of the patients on pure tone audiometric assessment of which 26.5% were sensorineural. The correlation between O.R.L./head and neck manifestation and the CDC classification of HIV/AIDS infection did not reveal a definite pattern.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Somefun
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Nwawolo
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Okeowo
authors.forename: L U
authors.initials: LU
authors.lastname: Ogban
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Akanmu
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Okanny
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akinsete
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies