Multiple pneumatocoeles and bilateral tension pneumothoraces complicating Pneumocystis pneumonia in AIDS

Wiley - Tập 20 Số 3 - Trang 257-260 - 1990
Quentin Summers1, GarryA. Helprin2, Richard Tarala3, Martyn A. French4
1Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Penh, WA.
2Registrar, Dept of Clinical Immunology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.
3Respiratory Physician, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.
4Clinical Immunologist, Dept of Clinical Immunology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.

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AbstractPneumatocoele and pneumothorax are uncommon complications of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. We report a patient with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome who developed multiple bilateral pneumatocoeles which we demonstrate to have ruptured leading to the subsequent bilateral tension pneumothoraces and to death. The computerised tomographic appearances, and histopathology of these unusual complications are presented. The literature on these manifestations is reviewed and management discussed.

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