[Extrapulmonary intrathoracic pneumocystosis. Apropos of 4 cases in HIV positive patients].
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.
Riquet
M
M
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Laennec, Paris.
Chouaid
C
C
Saab
M
M
Hubsch
J P
JP
Guillon
J M
JM
Klotz
B L
BL
Carnot
F
F
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
D010419:Pentamidine
Pneumocystoses intra-thoraciques extra-pulmonaires.