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Cavitary lung lesions caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii in setting of common variable immune deficiency
Zhenmei Zhang1, Ryan M Kern1, Avni Y Joshi2
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Abstract:
Pneumocystis pneumonia affects immunocompromised hosts. The typical imaging finding is bilateral diffuse ground glass opacities. Here we presented a case of Pneumocystis causing biopsy-confirmed cavitary lung lesions in a patient with a predominant B cell defect with common variable immune deficiency.
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