ACQUIRED RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA IN CHILDREN - IS AIDS INVOLVED

Seven successive cases of acquired rectovaginal fistula have been diag nosed on children of three and half to eighteen months old These fistu la were localised on the fourchette. The seropositivity for HIV of fiv e cases confirmed the results of similar reports found in literature. Surgical treatment of these girls was not done because of their bad pr esentation. Two of these children died. The other did not come for fol low-up. The acquired rectovaginal fistula seems to be a sign of HIV in fection. This work is meant to emphasise the relationship between AIDS and acquired rectovaginal fistula for a closer surveillance of future cases.