J Korean Soc Radiol.  2022 Jan;83(1):218-223. 10.3348/jksr.2021.0043.

CT Findings of Granulomatous Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma

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  • 1Departments of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  • 2Departments of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Although the typical CT findings of Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) include diffuse or multifocal areas of ground-glass opacities in both lungs, it can also rarely manifest as multiple pulmonary nodules. We report a rare case of atypical PJP in an immunocompromised patient with multiple myeloma, presenting as widespread ground-glass opacities and multiple necrotic subpleural nodules in both lungs on CT, which proved to be granulomatous PJP on percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy.

Keyword

Pneumonia; Pneumocystis; Multiple Myeloma
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