Cytomegalovirus pneumonia manifesting as a focal mass in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

South Med J. 1996 Nov;89(11):1121-2. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199611000-00024.

Abstract

Although cytomegalovirus (CMV) is commonly found in the lungs of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), CMV is an infrequent cause of pneumonia in AIDS. We describe an unusual case of proven CMV pneumonia in an AIDS patient that manifested as a large mass on chest radiography and computed tomography. The mass regressed on antiviral therapy. CMV pneumonia should be included in the differential diagnosis of a lung mass in patients with AIDS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Adult
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Focal Infection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Focal Infection / drug therapy
  • Foscarnet / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Foscarnet