HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-RELATED LYMPHOID PROLIFERATIONS

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with a rang e of lymphoid alterations from generalized lymphadenopathy to abnormal lymphoid proliferations and malignant lymphomas, Special characterist ics of lymphoid proliferation are seen in the lungs and thymus of chil dren infected with HIV, HIV-related lymphoid proliferations may be ass ociated with other infectious agents including pneumocystis carinii, m ycobacteria, rickettsial-like organisms, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8), The histological features of the spectrum of lymphoid proliferations associated with H IV infection are described. Copyright (C) 1997 by W.B. Saunders Compan y.