HISTOPATHOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF SKIN MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV/AIDS IN JOS BETWEEN DECEMBER 2010 AND NOVERMBER 2011 A ONE YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Abstract

This study is a one year (prospective) cross-sectional (descriptive) hospital based study undertaken at the AIDS Preventive Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) clinic of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) Jos between December, 2010 to November, 2011.
A total of one hundred and fifty skin biopsies were collected from patients ages between 5-60years.
Out of these, 43 patients (28.7%) were males and 107 patients (71.3%) were females with a male: Female ratio 1:3.
The study showed that the commonest histopathological pattern of skin manifestations of HIV/AIDS in Jos was found to be Kaposi’s sarcoma which accounted for 69 cases (45.3%) of skin lesions and is in agreement with other studies in other parts of the country.
The study also showed that 16 patients (10.6%) had psoriasis, 15 patients (10%) had molluscum contagiosium, 13 patients (8.66%) had lichen planus, 8 patients (5.3%) had condyloma accuminatum and dermatits herpitiformis respectively, 6 patients (4%) had eosinophilic folliculitis.
Other skin leisons which are not closely linked to HIV/AIDS were also seen.these were malignant melanoma, pemphigus vulgaris, nervus sebaceous,basal cell carcinoma as well as squamous cell carcinoma.
It is also recommended that there should be more collaborations between histopathologist, dermatologist, surgeons, gynaecologists in various aspect of skin disease for the common good of the patients.
Finally, it is hoped that this study will provide a useful platform upon which future research questions into areas not dealt with in this study will be answered.