Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia in children with AIDS: high-resolution CT findings.

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serval:BIB_51783300F180
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia in children with AIDS: high-resolution CT findings.
Journal
European Radiology
Author(s)
Becciolini V., Gudinchet F., Cheseaux J.J., Schnyder P.
ISSN
0938-7994
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2001
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
11
Number
6
Pages
1015-10120
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article
Abstract
Pulmonary involvement in children with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) represents a wide spectrum of diseases. Among the non-infectious, non-neoplastic affections associated with AIDS, lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP) is now a well-recognized entity, but its radiological pattern studied with high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) has rarely been described in children. The aim of this study was to illustrate the HRCT spectrum of pulmonary involvement in children with LIP and to evaluate its usefulness in the early diagnosis of this entity. Twelve children with AIDS, aged 3-9 years (mean age 5 years 7 months), underwent chest radiographs and HRCT. A control group of 7 healthy aged-matched children was also studied in the same conditions. Diagnosis of LIP was based on clinical data and HRCT findings. Eight children of 12 had a reticulonodular pattern on chest radiographs. Two children had normal chest films and two children showed peribronchiolar thickening. High-resolution CT displayed micronodules, 1-3 mm in diameter, with a perilymphatic distribution in all patients. High-resolution CT demonstrated also subpleural nodules in children without reticulonodular opacities on chest radiographs. High-resolution CT is able to define a more specific pattern of abnormalities than conventional chest radiographs in children with LIP, allows an earlier and more confident diagnosis and may be useful for the detection of other pathologies associated with AIDS, such as opportunistic infections or superimposed malignancies.
Keywords
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/radiography, Child, Child, Preschool, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Image Enhancement, Lung/radiography, Lung Diseases, Interstitial/radiography, Lymphocytosis/radiography, Male, Sensitivity and Specificity, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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