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Case of the Week 535


What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • 34 year-old immunocompromised male



Frontal and Lateral Radiographs of the Chest

  1. Mitral Stenosis
  2. Eosinophilic Granuloma
  3. Pneumocystis Pneumonia
  4. Emphysema
  5. Multiple AVMs

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Answer:

 

3. Pneumocystis Pneumonia

 

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Pneumocystis Pneumonia

General Considerations

  • Most common cause of interstitial pneumonia in immunocompromised patients
  • Organism
    • Protozoan / fungus Pneumocystis carinii (jiroveci)

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