title: Diseases of the chest in AIDS: CT diagnosis.
abstract: The advantages of computed tomography for the evaluation of various chest lesions commonly encountered in patients with AIDS are discussed. The significance of limited and extensive lymphadenopathy is considered and examples are presented. Also specifically illustrated are cases of opportunistic pneumocystis, cytomegalovirus, and nocardia pneumonitides and of candida esophagitis; septic emboli; empyema; premature bulla formation ranging from apical bullae to diffuse parenchymal destruction; Kaposi's sarcoma, and lymphoma. Examples of the value of CT in resolving obscure clinical chest problems in AIDS patients are also illustrated.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kuhlman
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Hruban
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knowles
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Zerhouni
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Siegelman
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed