Manifestations of AIDS

1.9.1 What is the role of viral titers and CD4 counts in the management of HIV?

1.9.2 What drug classes and medications currently comprise preferred treatment regimens for HIV and AIDS? Is there a role for a drug holiday?

1.9.3 Classify and define the causes of cervical adenopathy in HIV patients.

1.9.4 What is the differential diagnosis for otorrhea in HIV patients?

1.9.5 Describe the pathophysiology of parotid enlargement in HIV patients? What is the role of parotidectomy and FNA in this population?

Chhieng DC, Argosino R, McKenna BJ, Cangiarella JF, Cohen JM. Utility of fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of salivary gland lesions in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Diagn Cytopathol. 1999 Oct;21(4):260-4. PMID:10495319

1.9.6 What Head and Neck malignancies are HIV/AIDS patients susceptible to and briefly describe modalities of treatment for each?

1.9.7 Discuss the bugs that are important in sinusitis in HIV/AIDS patients.

1.9.8 What is the differential diagnosis of SNHL in HIV patients?

1.9.9 What is the most common oral lesion in AIDS patients? Discuss the treatment

1.9.10 Why is allergic rhinitis more common in HIV patients?

1.9.11 Discuss rhinosinusitis incidence and treatment in HIV patients? Does a low CD4 counts correlate with treatment failure?

Friedman M. et al. Endoscopic sinus surgery in patients infected with HIV. Laryngoscope. 2000 Oct;110(10 Pt 1):1613-6. PMID:11037812

1.9.12 Read and discuss.

Kieff E. Current perspectives on the molecular pathogenesis of virus-induced cancers in human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 1998;(23):7-14. PMID:9709295a