J Korean Radiol Soc.
2000 Mar;42(3):493-496. 10.3348/jkrs.2000.42.3.493.
Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonitis in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: A Case Report
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- 1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Korea University Medical School. yuwhan@medikorea.net
- 2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kwangmyong Sungae Hospital.
- 3Department of Pathology, Korea University Medical School.
- KMID: 2103540
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.2000.42.3.493
Abstract
- A variety of pulmonary complications, including infection and neoplastic and inflammatory diseases, commonly develop in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis, one such complication, is not uncommon, and is very difficult to differentiate, clinically and radiologically,from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. We describe a case of nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis, including the chest radiographic and HRCT findings, occurring in an AIDS patient and involving complications.
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