AIDS dysmorphic syndrome

AIDS dysmorphic syndrome, also called HIV embryopathy, is a proposed cluster of facial malformations described in children who acquired HIV infection before or around birth, though its standing as a genuine, distinct syndrome remains contested among researchers. Children with perinatal HIV infection who show the syndrome commonly also have other complications of the infection, including candidiasis, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis, an enlarged liver and spleen, and swollen lymph nodes. Because it applies specifically to HIV acquired during pregnancy, childbirth or early infancy, it is distinguished from facial or developmental effects associated with HIV acquired through other routes later in life.