[Differential diagnosis of lymphadenopathy in HIV/AIDS]
Aim:
To determine the role of histological diagnosis of lymphadenopathy (LAP) associated with clinico-laboratory picture in patients with HIV infection/AIDS.
Material And Methods:
Target biopsy of the peripheral lymph node was made in 80 HIV-infected patients from 2002 to 2005. Histological diagnosis was made in all the patients with light microscopy, in some patients at immunohistological examination.
Results:
Most of the patients had peripheral blood CD4 lymphocytes under 200 cell/mcl. Viral load was hundred thousands copies in mcl. Tuberculosis was diagnosed in 33 (41%) patients, lymphomas--in 23(29%), lymphogranulomatosis--in 5 (6%), reactive lymphadenopathy--in 15 (19%), germinogenic tumors--in 3 (4%), sarcoidosis--in 1 (1%). Histologically, LAP was represented by follicular hyperplasia (n = 9), involution (n = 2), bacterial lymphadenitis with necrosis (n = 4).
Conclusion:
Biopsy of peripheral lymph nodes is an early, safe, reliable and cost-effective method of LAP diagnosis in patients with AIDS.
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