       Document 0616
 DOCN  M9640616
 TI    Massive reversible pulmonary cysts in a patient with AIDS.
 DT    9604
 AU    Collazos J; Martinez E; Mayo J; Miguelez JL; Section of Infectious
       Diseases, Hospital de Galdakao, Vizcaya,; Spain.
 SO    Postgrad Med J. 1995 Dec;71(842):753-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96142752
 AB    We report the case of a patient with AIDS who presented with bilateral,
       massive pulmonary cystic disease and pneumothorax presumably caused by
       Pneumocystis carinii which responded to treatment with cotrimoxazole.
       Follow-up with sequential chest X-rays and computed tomography scans
       showed a progressive improvement in the lung cysts which had resolved
       almost completely 11 months later. Several theories have been proposed
       to explain the cavitary lesions in this infection. The course observed
       in our patient suggests that a non-destructive mechanism was responsible
       for his lung cysts.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS  Adult  AIDS-Related
       Opportunistic Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY  Case Report
       Cysts/*COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY  Human  Male  Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
       carinii/*COMPLICATIONS/RADIOGRAPHY  Pneumothorax/COMPLICATIONS  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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