RED FINGERS SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH HIV - A NEW CASE

Human immunodeficiency virus can be associated with vascular manifesta tions such as arteritis mainly with cerebrovascular localization, arte rial aneurysms or accelerated formation of atherosclerosis lesions. Re d fingers syndrome has been recently described in iv-drug patients wit h HIV and hepatitis C infection. We report a new case in a 36-year old woman, and suggest that this syndrome must be considered as a new mic rocirculatory manifestation of HIV infection. Red fingers syndrome in patients with HIV is likely secondary to co-infection with hepatitis C or immunological disturbances-associated such as cryoglobulinemia (J Mal Vase 1997; 22: pages 48-50).