A Woman in Her 30s With a Past History of HIV Disease Presented With Recurrent Fever, Night Sweats, and Small Bilateral Pulmonary Nodules.
A woman in her 30s presented with recurrent low-grade fever and cough (onset, 1 week). She reported occasional night sweats and weight loss of approximately 20 pounds over the past 4 months. She denied nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or any urinary complaints. Her past medical history was significant for chronic hepatitis C and HIV infection, the latter diagnosed in 2001. She was noncompliant with highly active antiretroviral therapy for more than 4 years and had pneumocystis pneumonia 2 years prior to this presentation. She had a 10-pack per year smoking history and reported active use of cocaine and heroin. The patient denied any occupational exposures.
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY.
Hafiz Rizwan Talib
HR
Hashmi
Department of Pathology, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY.
Masooma
M
Niazi
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY. Electronic address: aadrish@hotmail.com.
Muhammad
M
Adrish
D000328:Adult; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D055613:Multiple Pulmonary Nodules / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C109540:latency-associated nuclear antigen