title: Radiology Of The Month: Spontaneous Bilateral Pneumothoraces in an HIV-Infected Patient.
abstract: A 36-year-old woman with past medical history of HIV/AIDS not on HAART therapy (CD4 count of 34) and recurrent Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia presented to the emergency room for cough, chest pain, and worsening shortness of breath over the past 72 hours.
authors.affiliation: Third year medical student at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.affiliation: Second year Radiology Resident at Tulane University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Anish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Second year Radiology Resident at Tulane University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Degeyter
authors.affiliation: Professor of Radiology and Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Tulane University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neitzschman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000150:complications*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed