A Cervical Mass in an HIV-Positive Patient

Abstract

A Cervical Mass in an HIV-Positive Patient Seyed Alireza Mousavi, Ali Asadollahi-Amin Department of Infectious Disease, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ABSTRACT We describe an HIV-infected man with a left side cervical swelling which finally diagnosed with tuberculosis.In contrast to HIV-negative persons, nearly all tuberculous lymphadenitis (scrofula), the most kind of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, in patients with AIDS is multifocal. Constitutional symptoms such as fever, weight loss, and evidence of the lung involvement (parenchyma, nodes, or pleura) or elsewhere are seen in this setting. Positive findings on aspiration material are more frequently seen than HIV-negative population. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2018; 8(1):41-42 Keywords: Tuberculosis, HIV, cervical mass, clinical image