CAVITARY PULMONARY INFARCT IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOSTS

Pulmonary disease in immunocompromised patients is common, but cavitar y lung disease is less common and is usually associated with a fungal or mycobacterial infection, Pulmonary embolism is a noninfectious caus e of a cavitary pulmonary process, Pulmonary embolism causes infarctio n in fewer than 15% of cases, and only about 5% of infarctions cavitat e, Herein we describe two cases of cavitary infarcts in immunocompromi sed patients and review the clinical aspects of pulmonary infarcts and cavitation. Cavitary pulmonary infarction has been reported only rare ly in immunocompromised patients, It is a dangerous but treatable pulm onary disease that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of immunocompromised patients with lung disease,