Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: an atypical presentation with lung cavitations |
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| Authors: | J O Praz P Lorenzi J C Chevrolet |
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| Affiliation: | Clinique Médicale Thérapeutique, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland. |
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| Abstract: | The differential diagnosis of lung cavitations is very broad. We report a case of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) with lung cavitations on the chest X-ray in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We discuss the differential diagnosis of such an X-ray pattern and emphasize that multiple cavitations can be a roentgenographic presentation of PCP. |
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