title: Two cases of acute respiratory failure due to carcinomatous lymphangitis in HIV patients.
abstract: In HIV-infected patients, acute respiratory failure is usually due to infectious pneumonia. In this report, we describe two cases of acute respiratory failure in HIV patients with clinical presentation suggesting infectious pneumonia. In both cases, the clinical condition deteriorated and death occurred after several days despite therapy. In both cases bronchial biopsies confirmed bronchogenic carcinoma responsible for carcinomatous lymphangitis.
authors.affiliation: Emergency department, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 47-83 boulevard de l'hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. patrick.ray@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lefort
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beigelman
authors.forename: Jean-Francois
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Finet
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Riou
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008205:Lymphangitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed