title: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: an atypical presentation with lung cavitations.
abstract: The differential diagnosis of lung cavitations is very broad. We report a case of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) with lung cavitations on the chest X-ray in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We discuss the differential diagnosis of such an X-ray pattern and emphasize that multiple cavitations can be a roentgenographic presentation of PCP.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Médicale Thérapeutique, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Praz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lorenzi
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chevrolet
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography