Atypical Presentation of Lymphoma in an HIV-Seropositive Child

Abstract

A case of lymphoma in an HIV sero-positive child whose parents also tested positive for the HIV infection is presented. He was initially being managed for meningitis in a private clinic. The rapid progression and dissemination of the disease to other parts of the body was no doubt, due to the HIV infection. It is important that health workers become more aware of the protean clinical manifestations of HIV infection in this environment where other childhood diseases share some of the clinical features and it should be considered in patients with lymphoma and rapid progression of the disease.

Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics 2001;28:43. pp 43-45