[Geriatric AIDS (6 years after pneumonectomy). Apropos of a case]

T Desfemmes; C Chouaid; M Febvre; B Housset; B Lebeau

[Geriatric AIDS (6 years after pneumonectomy). Apropos of a case]

Rev Pneumol Clin. 1991;47(4):192-3.

[Article in French]

Authors

T Desfemmes¹, C Chouaid, M Febvre, B Housset, B Lebeau

Affiliation

¹ Service de pneumologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.

PMID: 1775876

Abstract

The authors report a case of AIDS in a 77-year old man, 6 years after pneumonectomy for epidermoid lung cancer. They take this opportunity to review the epidemiological, clinical and prognostic characteristics of geriatric AIDS.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / etiology*
Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
Diarrhea / etiology
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / surgery
Male
Pneumonectomy
Transfusion Reaction*