Mucocutaneous diseases are more frequent in HIV/AIDS-infected children than
in the normal population, We analyze mucocutaneous disorders with atypical
presentations in a large population of HIV-infected children, with or with
out full-blown AIDS, compared to a population of HIV seroreverted children,
The majority of these cutaneous disorders have an infectious etiology and
their frequency is related to the degree of deterioration of the immune sys
tem, Some diseases commonly observed in adults are rare in children; neopla
sms are an exception.