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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Knowledge of common and uncommon thoracic pathologic conditions in children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) can expedite disease management. Chest radiography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are useful in cases involving possible complications of thoracic AIDS. Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis (LIP) is generally seen on plain radiographs and CT scans as a diffuse, symmetric, reticulonodular or nodular pattern, occasionally associated with mediastinal or hilar adenopathy. Chronic consolidations and bronchiectasis may be observed in pediatric AIDS patients with no evidence of previous LIP. Bacterial pneumonia, a frequent initial manifestation of AIDS, appears as lobar or segmental consolidations on radiographs. Radiographic findings of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, the most common infection, include rapidly progressive increased air-space opacity with air bronchograms. Lymphoma often appears as a mediastinal or hilar mass, often without involvement of the lung parenchyma. Thoracic smooth muscle tumors have also been observed in children with AIDS. Multilocular thymic cysts have low attenuation on CT scans and increased signal intensity on T2-weighted MR images. Most pediatric AIDS patients with cardiac disease have cardiomegaly, often associated with pulmonary edema, at chest radiography. An esophagogram may show ulceration, plaque formation, mucosal edema, and dysmotility in patients with candidal esophagitis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0271-5333
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1349-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8946540-AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Bronchiectasis, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Esophageal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Heart Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Lung Diseases, Interstitial, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Mediastinal Cyst, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Radiography, Thoracic, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Respiratory Tract Infections, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Thoracic Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Thoracic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8946540-Tomography, X-Ray Computed
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Thoracic disease in children with AIDS.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article