Pulmonary Hodgkin's disease in HIV-infected patient. Diagnosis by bronchoalveolar lavage.
We report herein the pulmonary recurrence of Hodgkin's disease coincidental with a marked decrease in the peripheral blood CD4 lymphocyte count in an HIV-seropositive patient with alveolar consolidation on chest roentgenogram. The diagnosis of lung parenchyma involvement was made by bronchoalveolar lavage cell analysis and illustrates the reliability of Reed-Sternberg cell identification in bronchoalveolar lavage for the diagnosis of pulmonary localization of Hodgkin's disease.
Fajac
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Department of Chest Diseases, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France.
Cadranel
J L
JL
Mariette
X
X
Tulliez
M
M
Cesari
D
D
Akoun
G
G
Bernaudin
J F
JF
D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000473:pathology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000473:pathology; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male