Upper zone cystic lung disease in HIV related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

N C Cowan; J Moxham

doi:10.1136/thx.48.8.869

Upper zone cystic lung disease in HIV related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Thorax. 1993 Aug;48(8):869-70. doi: 10.1136/thx.48.8.869.

Authors

N C Cowan¹, J Moxham

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London.

Abstract

Although unusual, focal upper zone air space opacification and cyst formation in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and HIV infection can occur and may mimic “classical” tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnostic imaging
Adult
Cysts / microbiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Male
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*