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Multiple pneumatocoeles and bilateral tension pneumothoraces complicating Pneumocystis pneumonia in AIDS
Author(s) -
Summers Q. A.,
Helprin G. A.,
Tarala R. A.,
French M. A. H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1990.tb01034.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumocystis carinii , pneumonia , histopathology , pneumothorax , tension pneumothorax , pneumocystis pneumonia , surgery , pathology , pneumocystis jirovecii
Pneumatocoele and pneumothorax are uncommon complications of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. We report a patient with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome who developed multiple bilateral pneumatocoeles which we demonstrate to have ruptured leading to the subsequent bilateral tension pneumothoraces and to death. The computerised tomographic appearances, and histopathology of these unusual complications are presented. The literature on these manifestations is reviewed and management discussed.