Cytomegalovirus pneumonitis and lobar consolidation.
This report describes the occurrence of localized lobar consolidation caused solely by cytomegalovirus infection in two heart transplant recipients. This highly atypical and previously unreported radiographic manifestation of cytomegalovirus pneumonitis underscores the need for vigorous diagnostic evaluation of immunosuppressed patients since localized pneumonitis in the immunocompromised host does not exclude the possibility of opportunistic infection.
D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation