Multiple pulmonary cavities--an unusual complication of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
Cavitation is a most unusual radiological feature of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). Autopsy evidence of cavities in PCP is poorly documented. We describe a case of fatal PCP occurring in a patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome; the PCP was associated with radiological as well as autopsy evidence of large intrapulmonary cavities. These cavities are ascribed to Pneumocystis carinii infection, since other possible causes were excluded.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography