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Lymphomatoid granulomatosis: A rare cause of cavitatory lung disease in an HIV positive child
Author(s) -
Gray Taryn C.,
van Wyk Abraham C.,
Goussard P.,
Gie Robert P.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.22600
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphomatoid granulomatosis , etiology , lung , lung disease , tuberculosis , disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , dermatology , pathology , pediatrics , immunology
We present an unusual cause of lung cavitation and a neck mass in an HIV positive child, initially thought to be tuberculosis. This case report illustrates that the cause for cavitatory lung disease in immunosuppressed children has a large number of possibilities and careful investigation to determine the etiological agent is warranted. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2013; 48:202–205. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.