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ABSTRACTSouth India is now endemic for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Government and other organizations statistics are not correlating with our laboratory records. We are getting increased HIV-positive cases for fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) at our laboratory. Our past statistics of cytology lesions are altered due to opportunistic infections in HIV-positives, so, we decided to find the real incidences of various opportunistic diseases in HIV-positives pertaining mainly to head and neck only, because, this part of body is the major contributor for our fine needle aspiration cytology workload.Conducted free ELISA test for all, prior to FNAC procedure to separate immune competent, then study was conducted using available resources in well-planned procedure for definitive diagnosis.In 1 year, we did 3,407 FNAC, 2,283 (67%) FNAC cases were belongs to head and neck. We got 359 (10.53%) HIV-positive patients including 317 (88.3%) from head and neck, male to female ratio was 1.55:1, cervical lymph node swellings were 89.2%, followed by oral cavity 6%. Youngest patient was 7-year-old and oldest was 54-year, mean age was 26.5 years.It is very difficult to reduce the incidences and the spread of HIV infection by government/other organizations efforts, needs vigorous effective effort to educate youths of all sections, which is remote for India.How to cite this articleRamachandra NB. Impact of HIV on Head and Neck in South India: A Cytology Study. Int J Head and Neck Surg 2012;3(1):11-14.
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