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Ahn, Koh, Shin, Jeong, Lee, and Chung: A Case of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia with Histopathologic Finding of Bronchiolitis Obliterans with Organizing Pneumonia in Patient with AIDS
Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1998; 45(2): 444-450.

Published online: 14 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1998.45.2.444

A Case of Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia with Histopathologic Finding of Bronchiolitis Obliterans with Organizing Pneumonia in Patient with AIDS

Myoung Soo Ahn, Young Min Koh, Jin Shin, Hong Bae Jeong, Seong Eun Lee, Yeon Tae Chung

Department of Internal Medicine National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright © The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Abstract

PCP remains the leading cause of deaths in patients with AIDS. As familiarity with PCP increases, atypical manifestations of the diseases are being recognized with greater frequency. There are following "atypical" manifestations of PCP; 1) interstitial lung response that include diffuse alveolar damage, bronchiolitis obliterance, interstitial fibrosis, and lymphoplasmocytic infiltrate 2) striking localized process frequently exhibiting granulomatous features 3) extensive necrosis

Keywords: Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing peumonia(BOOP), Pneumocystitis carinii pneumoni(PCP)

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