Lymphomatoid granulomatosis: A rare cause of cavitatory lung disease in an HIV positive child | Zendy

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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.

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