[Differential diagnosis of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy and AIDS-related complex. Case report]

A case of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy in a boy aged 19 years was observed, with long-standing fever, peripheral lymphadenopathy, considerable weight loss. In the differential diagnosis septicaemia was considered, including tuberculous septicaemia, collagen diseases, neoplasms and lymphoproliferative diseases. Attention is called to the similarity of this symptom complex to that observed in AIDS.