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Pneumatoceles and pneumothorax after Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is common in patients with AIDS. The usual chest X-ray pattern is a diffuse interstitial pulmonary infiltrate. Nevertheless, unusual roentgenographic forms can appear. A patient with PCP that resulted in pneumatoceles and a further pneumothorax is described.