Document 0690
 DOCN  M9480690
 TI    [Atypical radiological images in Pneumocystis carinii infection in
       HIV-positive patients]
 DT    9410
 AU    Cornalba GP; Mariani P; Colombo E; Bianco R; Vona S; Servizio di
       Radiodiagnostica, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milano.
 SO    Radiol Med (Torino). 1994 Jun;87(6):763-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94316852
 AB    To assess the prevalence of atypical PCP patterns in AIDS patients, the
       chest films of 300 patients with clinical and laboratory diagnosis of
       PCP were reviewed. We considered as atypical patterns the finding of an
       asymmetric lesion, the involvement of apical regions, pleural effusion,
       hilar and/or mediastinal lymphadenopathy, parenchymal nodules and
       pneumatoceles. In some patients more than one of these patterns was
       found. Atypical patterns were observed in 32% of cases and consisted of:
       unilateral involvement in 11% of cases, apical involvement in 6%,
       pleural effusion in 9%, hilar and/or mediastinal lymph nodes in 4%,
       parenchymal nodules in 6% and finally pneumatocele in 12% of cases.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  AIDS-Related Complex/EPIDEMIOLOGY/RADIOGRAPHY
       AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*RADIOGRAPHY  English
       Abstract  Female  Follow-Up Studies  Human  HIV
       Seropositivity/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*RADIOGRAPHY  HIV-1/*IMMUNOLOGY
       Italy/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Lung/RADIOGRAPHY  Male  Middle Age  Pneumonia,
       Pneumocystis carinii/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*RADIOGRAPHY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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