title: [Extrapulmonary intrathoracic pneumocystosis. Apropos of 4 cases in HIV positive patients].
abstract: The authors report 4 cases of intrathoracic extrapulmonary pneumocystosis; 3 of them involved the pleura and 1 the mediastinal lymph nodes. As in other rare but apparently increasingly frequent cases, everything seemed to incriminate the use of prophylactic Pentamidine aerosols, but only a prospective study of systemic versus aerosol prophylaxis can confirm this suspicion.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Laennec, Paris.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riquet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chouaid
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saab
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hubsch
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guillon
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Klotz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carnot
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000328:Adult; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010419:Pentamidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016720:Pneumocystis Infections / Q000150:complications*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D010419:Pentamidine
vernacular_title: Pneumocystoses intra-thoraciques extra-pulmonaires.