NONINFECTIOUS SKIN DISEASES IN HIV-INFECT ION

The overview concerns the numerous non-infectious skin diseases which were described in HIV-infected patients. These diseases can be divided into various groups according to the following points of view: morpho logical, e.g. as papulosquamous or follicular diseases, anatomical, e. g. vascular, hair or nail diseases, or pathophysiological, e.g. vascul itis. Finally, in a miscellaneous group, diseases are described whose relation to the HIV infection is either more anecdotal or whose associ ation can not yet be clarified due to the low number of cases describe d to date.