Pleural involvement in HIV infection: clinico-radiological profile and prognostic significance.
The clinico-radiological profile of seven patients with pleural involvement and HIV infection is presented. Five out of seven subjects had a right-sided effusion. The aetiology in three cases; two tubercular and one invasive candidiasis was established by pleural biopsy. The mortality was high (5/7) indicating a poor prognosis in patients of HIV with pleural involvement.
Arora
V K
VK
Department of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry.
Gowrinath
K
K
Rao
R S
RS
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate