Lymphomatoid granulomatosis: a rare cause of cavitatory lung disease in an HIV positive child.
We present an unusual cause of lung cavitation and a neck mass in an HIV positive child, initially thought to be tuberculosis. This case report illustrates that the cause for cavitatory lung disease in immunosuppressed children has a large number of possibilities and careful investigation to determine the etiological agent is warranted.
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. taryn@sun.ac.za
Taryn C
TC
Gray
Abraham C
AC
van Wyk
P
P
Goussard
Robert P
RP
Gie
D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008230:Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000069283:Rituximab; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*
D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000069283:Rituximab