کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4229514 1610009 2007 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in an AIDS patient: Unusual manifestation of multiple nodules with multiloculated cavities
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی رادیولوژی و تصویربرداری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in an AIDS patient: Unusual manifestation of multiple nodules with multiloculated cavities
چکیده انگلیسی

We report here a case of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) in an acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patient with multiloculated cavitary lesions. Time-course analysis of chest computed tomography (CT) showed spontaneous ballooning of cavities and their disappearance after completion of PCP treatment. The characteristic radiological findings as well as histological features of a cavitary lesion suggested that check-valve phenomenon in small airways might explain the pathogenesis of cavities in this case.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: European Journal of Radiology Extra - Volume 61, Issue 2, February 2007, Pages 49–52
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