Two Cases of Pneumocystitis Carinii Pneumonia in AIDS withNormal Findings in Chest Roentgenogram.

Park, Sang Seon; Koh, Young Il; Lee, Min Su; Yang, Joo Yeol; Im, Seong Chul; Chang, An Soo; Na, Hyun Joo; Park, Hyung Kwan; Kim, Young Chul; Choi, In Seon; Park, Kyung Ok

doi:1995.42.3.394

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 42(3); 1995 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1995;42(3):394-399.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1995.42.3.394 Published online June 1, 1995.

Two Cases of Pneumocystitis Carinii Pneumonia in AIDS withNormal Findings in Chest Roentgenogram.

Sang Seon Park, Young Il Koh, Min Su Lee, Joo Yeol Yang, Seong Chul Im, An Soo Chang, Hyun Joo Na, Hyung Kwan Park, Young Chul Kim, In Seon Choi, Kyung Ok Park

Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam University College of Medicine, Chonnom, Korea.

Abstract

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia(PCP) remains the leading cause of death in patients with AIDS. Although the most common radiographic presentation of PCP is the developme-nt of diffuse, bilateral interstitial or alveolar infiltrates in 48 to 86 per cent of AIDS patients, PCP may also present with either a completely normal or only minimally abnormal chest radiograph in 6 to 23 per cent of patients. We experienced two patients with AIDS presenting high fever and chest pain but normal chest radiograph, who had been proved to have PCP by bronchoalveolar lavage and trans-bronchial lung biopsy.

Key Words: AIDS, Normal Chest radiograph, Bronchoscopy