HIV

DEFINITION Opportunistic fungal infection that affects individuals with T-cell immunodeficiency IMAGING – Radiograph ○ Normal, diffuse bilateral heterogeneous opacities ○ Spontaneous pneumothorax in HIV(+) patient is nearly diagnostic of PCP – CT ○ Ground-glass opacities are dominant finding ➜ Most commonly central with relative subpleural sparing (41%) ➜ Heterogeneous with mosaic attenuation (29%), or diffuse … Read more