[Cavitary pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS: a new semiologic aspect. Apropos of 3 cases].
Three cases of AIDS patients hospitalized for Pneumocystis carinii (PNC.C) pneumonia are reported. These cases are of interest because of the unusual radiological semiology of these pneumocytoses, i.e., their partially or totally pitted nodules. In addition, 4 related facts merit attention: the occurrence of pneumocytosis in 1 patient under prophylactic aerosol pentamidine therapy: the rarity, unusual in AIDS, of PNC.C in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from 2 patients; the association of pitted nodules with mediastinal adenopathies due to PNC.C in 1 patient; and the favorable outcome in all cases.
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Centre de Pneumologie et de Réanimation Respiratoire, Hôpital Tenon, Paris.
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Parquin
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Axler
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Denis
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Mayaud
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Akoun
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D010419:Pentamidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D010419:Pentamidine
Pneumocystoses excavantes au cours du SIDA: un nouvel aspect sémiologique. A propos de 3 cas.