Presentation 6
Presentation 6
Presentation 6
‘HIV’ INFECTION
BY ALLUM KARIBASAPPA
20MUG013
TYPES OF LESIONS SEEN :
1. Opportunistic Infection
2. Unusual Malignancies
3. Neurological Disorders
HIV MANIFESTATION IN DIFFERENT
AREAS OF ENT
1. EAR
2. NOSE AND PARANASAL SINUSES
3. ORAL CAVITY AND OROPHARYNX
4. LARYNX
5. SALIVARY GLANDS
6. NECK
EAR MANIFESTATIONS
THESE ARE CAUSED DUE TO VIRAL, BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL CAUSES,
• KAPOSI SARCOMA
• SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS OF EXTERNAL CANAL
• MALIGNANT OTITIS EXTERNA
• SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA
• ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA
• PSEUDOMONAS AND CANDIDA INFECTION OF THE
EXTERNAL
AND MIDDLE EAR
• MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS
• SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS
• HERPES ZOSTER (RAMSAY–HUNT SYNDROME)
• FACIAL PARALYSIS
NOSE & PARANASAL SINUSES MANIFESTATIONS
• HERPETIC LESIONS OF NOSE
• RECURRENT SINUSITIS
• CHRONIC SINUS INFECTION
• FUNGAL SINUSITIS
• KAPOSI SARCOMA
• LYMPHOMAS–B CELL TYPE
• BURKITT LYMPHOMA
ORAL CAVITY & OROPHARYNX MANIFESTATIONS
• LARYNGITIS—FUNGAL, VIRAL,
TUBERCULAR
• KAPOSI SARCOMA
• NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
SALIVARY GLAND MANIFESTATIONS
• PAROTITIS
• XEROSTOMIA
• DIFFUSE PAROTID ENLARGEMENT
• LYMPHOEPITHELIAL CYSTS OF
PAROTID.
• KAPOSI SARCOMA
• NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
NECK MANIFESTATIONS
LYMPHADENOPATHY.
IIT COULD BE ONLY A FOLLICULAR
HYPER- PLASIA OR DUE TO A DISEASE
SUCH AS TUBERCULOSIS, HISTO-
PLASMOSIS, TOXOPLASMOSIS OR NON-
HODGKIN OR HODGKIN LYMPHOMA.
KAPOSI SARCOMA
KAPOSI SARCOMA
Define - Soft tissue tumor
Agent -Human herpesvirus/Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (HHV-8)
History and physical - Purplish lesions or lymph node
enlargement ,biopsied and sent to pathology for evaluation
Evaluation-Biopsy or excision of the suspicious areas.
Characteristic features: a spindle cell vascular proliferation in
the dermis.immunohistochemistry positivity for LANA1 (a
surrogate marker for HHV-8)
KAPOSI SARCOMA
It is a multicentric neoplasm which may involve any part of the skin,
mucosa or the viscera.
In the oral cavity, Kaposi sarcoma is mostly seen in the palate, but
may occur on the tongue or gingiva or on the posterior wall of the
pharynx.
It can occur at any stage of HIV infection, even in those with normal
CD4 counts.
Size -few mm to several centimetres.
Treatment /management :
local excision, liquid nitrogen, and injection of vincristine.
–Johnny Appleseed
REF- TEXTBOOK OF
EAR ,NOSE,THROAT
by PL Dhingra, Shruti Dhingra