Pneumothorax as the presenting sign ofPneumocystis carinii infection in an HIV-positive child with prior lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis |
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| Authors: | K. Sack Solomon T. L. Levin W. E. Berdon B. Romney C. Ruzal-Shapiro M. R. Bye |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Babies & Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 3959 Broadway, BHN 3-318, 10032 New York, NY, USA;(2) Department of Pediatrics, Babies and Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, USA |
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| Abstract: | An HIV-positive child presented with a pneumothorax secondary to cavitaryPneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis had been evident on earlier radiographs but had resolved, concurrent with a decrease in her CD4 counts, before the radiographic changes of PCP became evident. As immune function declines in HIV-positive children, the chest radiograph may paradoxically clear. In such a setting, development of focal lung disease, including pneumothorax, may heraldPneumocystis carinii infection. |
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