Adenoviral Bronchopneumonia in an Immunocompetent Adult: Computed Tomography and Pathologic Correlations
作者:
Mazda Motallebi,
Beejadi Mukunda,
Keyvan Ravakhah,
期刊:
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
(OVID Available online 2003)
卷期:
Volume 325,
issue 5
页码: 285-287
ISSN:0002-9629
年代: 2003
出版商: OVID
关键词: High-resolution computed tomography;Ground-glass opacification;Adenovirus;Bronchopneumonia
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Acute febrile lung disease associated with “patchy ground-glass pattern” on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the lung in an immunocompromised patient is suggestive ofPneumocystis cariniipneumonia; however, in an immunocompetent young person, it is suggestive of an atypical pneumonia, including viral bronchopneumonia. We studied a 31-year-old man who presented with fever, cough and hypoxemia. HRCT showed bilateral patchy ground-glass opacification. HIV test was negative and lung biopsy specimen grew adenovirus on viral culture. Histopathology of the lung was compatible with bronchopneumonia. In patients without HIV who present with acute lower respiratory infections and patchy ground-glass opacification on HRCT, adenoviral bronchopneumonia should be included in the differential diagnosis.
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