OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS OBSER VED IN AIDS (ABOUT 65 OBSERVATIONS)

We realized a clinical study in 65 patients with acquired immunodefici ency syndrome, aged from 3 to 62 years old (mean, 34 year) (34 males a nd 31 females) interned or showed in consultations at the hospital Gab riel Toure in Bamako, Mali (departments' of ENT diseases and of intern al medicine), in order to analyse and to state precisely different oto rhinolaryngologic manifestations in AIDS. Oropharyngeal candidiasis wa s the most prevalent otorhinolaryngologic manifestation (57 %). Other less common lesions were suppurative otitis media (29 %), atrophic pha ryngitis (18,5 %), sinusitis (11 %), Kaposi's sarcoma (5 %) localized above all on the palate: they are however a frequent sign of infection by HIV. The manifestations merit a particular attention by otorhinola ryngologist because, although they have few influence on the general e volution of the disease, they appear as additional manifestations of i nfectious risks in AIDS patients.