대한흉부영상의학회 Weekly Chest Cases

Courtesy of Jeong Joo Woo / Eulji Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine
Age/Sex 37 / M
Chief ComplaintOccupation: hair dresser Sx: Cough, mild dyspnea Duration: 1 week

Initial Chest PA

Diagnosis: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP)
Radiologic Findings: Chest radiograph shows ill-defined bilateral ground-glass opacities(GGO) in the middle and lower lung fields. CT shows scattered GGO in a geographic distribution in the both upper lobes, right middle lobe and more confluent GGO with septal thickening in the both lower lobes. Follow-up radiograph taken 2 weeks later shows aggravation of diffuse GGO in both lung fields.
The patient did not expose his sexual orientation first. Exposure to hair-dye was the given information. The patient was treated with steroid under the impression of interstitial lung disease. However, the symptom and radiologic finding were aggravated.
His blood test result was positive for HIV. GMS staining of bronchial washing fluid revealed numerous pneumocystis jirovecii organisms.
Brief Review
References
Please refer to: Case 436 Case 390 Case 267 Case 217 Case 118
Keywords: Lung, Infection, Fungal infection,

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