UPPER LOBE PULMONARY PARENCHYMAL CALCIFICATION IN A PATIENT WITH AIDS AND PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII PNEUMONIA RECEIVING AEROSOLIZED PENTAMIDINE

被引:7
作者
SRIVATSA, SS [1 ]
BURGER, CD [1 ]
DOUGLAS, WW [1 ]
机构
[1] MAYO CLIN & MAYO FDN,DIV THORAC DIS & INTERNAL MED,ROCHESTER,MN 55905
关键词
D O I
10.1378/chest.101.1.266
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
In patients with AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii infection occurring during aerosolized pentamidine prophylaxis, roentgenographic findings may be atypical. Pulmonary parenchymal calcification due to P carinii is rare. In this case, extensive upper lobe pulmonary parenchymal, splenic, and nodal calcifications occurred after two years of monthly treatments with aerosolized pentamidine.
引用
收藏
页码:266 / 267
页数:2
相关论文
共 6 条
[1]   PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII INFECTION [J].
BURKE, BA ;
GOOD, RA .
MEDICINE, 1973, 52 (01) :23-51
[2]   EVIDENCE FOR DESTRUCTION OF LUNG TISSUES DURING PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII INFECTION [J].
ENG, RHK ;
BISHBURG, E ;
SMITH, SM .
ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 1987, 147 (04) :746-749
[3]   AEROSOLIZED PENTAMIDINE - EFFECT ON DIAGNOSIS AND PRESENTATION OF PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII PNEUMONIA [J].
JULESELYSEE, KM ;
STOVER, DE ;
ZAMAN, MB ;
BERNARD, EM ;
WHITE, DA .
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 1990, 112 (10) :750-757
[4]   VISCERAL AND NODAL CALCIFICATION IN PATIENTS WITH AIDS-RELATED PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII INFECTION [J].
RADIN, DR ;
BAKER, EL ;
KLATT, EC ;
BALTHAZAR, EJ ;
JEFFREY, RB ;
MEGIBOW, AJ ;
RALLS, PW .
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, 1990, 154 (01) :27-31
[5]  
SARTI GM, 1989, POSTGRAD MED, V86, P54
[6]  
TIETJEN PA, 1989, CHEST S, V96, P187