HIV infection associated with the plasma hyperviscosity syndrome

Polyclonal hypergammaglobulinaemia with hyperviscosity syndrome

“…This is not the first report, as suggested. A case was reported by Martin et al (1989) and we reported two cases from Zimbabwe (Paul et al , 1990). As the majority of HIV cases are in subsaharan Africa, it is likely that this is not as rare as reported but reflects a lack of diagnostic facilities in many of these countries.…”