GENERALIZED AIR CYSTS COMPLICATED BY FATAL BILATERAL PNEUMOTHORACES IN A PATIENT WITH AIDS-RELATED PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII PNEUMONIA

Authors
LAZARD T GUIDET B MEYNARD JL CAPRON F OFFENSTADT G
Citation
T. Lazard et al., GENERALIZED AIR CYSTS COMPLICATED BY FATAL BILATERAL PNEUMOTHORACES IN A PATIENT WITH AIDS-RELATED PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII PNEUMONIA, Chest, 106(4), 1994, pp. 1271-1272
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
106
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1271 - 1272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1994)106:4<1271:GACCBF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We describe a case of air cyst lesions in an AIDS patient suffering fr om pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. This case is unique because these l esions were generalized to both lungs and initially well tolerated. Pa thologic examination revealed extensive tissue invasion by P carinii. The prognosis was complicated by bilateral pneumothoraces. Surgical ri ght pleurodesis allowed lung re-expansion but did not prevent recurren ce of fatal contralateral pneumothorax.