CASE: A case of generalized lymphadenopathy was referred to us for fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). The patient was a 9-year-old boy who had a toxic facies and manifested multiple skin lesions all over the body. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In 2007, a 9-year old HIV-infected boy presented with generalized lymphadenopathy and fine needle aspiration cytology showed extra-pulmonary Pneumocystis infection.7,15 P. jiroveci infection, the most common severe infection and particularly lethal in [scielo.br]

These patients had a spectrum of illness ranging from asymptomatic to severe pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A followup study of asymptomatic carriers of Pneumocystis jiroveci during immunosuppressive therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2009 Aug. 36(8):1600-5. [Medline]. Resnick IB, Averbuch D, Aker M, et al. [emedicine.medscape.com]

The first signs of PCP are fever, dry cough, shortness of breath, and fatigue. If you have a weakened immune system and have these symptoms, see your doctor right away. [medlineplus.gov]

Dry cough or wheezing Shortness of breath Fatigue Chest pain or tightness when you breathe Chills Weight loss Symptoms usually come on slowly, over several weeks, in people who have HIV. [webmd.com]

effusions with subsequent calcifications of the pleural and peritoneal surfaces. [pubs.rsna.org]

effusion with subsequent calcification in the surface18 Enlarged heterogeneous spleen with innumerable, low attenuation, hypodense lesions; hepatomegaly; gallbladder wall thickening are some findings reported in extrapulmonary pnemocystosis, as well.15 [scielo.br]

Life long primary prophylaxis is given to HIV positive individuals with CD4 lymphocyte counts 0.20 x 10(9)/L or a CD4: total lymphocyte ratio of 1.5, constitutional symptoms, or with other AIDS defining diseases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This prompted us to analyze additional series of infants with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fine needle aspiration diagnosis of EPC infection is a possibility in such cases with lymphadenopathy and must be included in the differential diagnosis of lymph node swellings in AIDS. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

There was a pulmonary mass of which cytology was unrevealing and the diagnosis of P. jiroveci was made from sternal aspiration cytology. [scielo.br]

The patient denied any respiratory tract symptoms such as cough, sputum production, pleuritic chest pain, or shortness of breath. Chest X-ray revealed two large round noncavitating lesions in the lower lobe of the right lung. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Perforation of the small intestine due to a segmental transmural Pneumocystis carinii infiltrate of the whole circumference was found in a surgical resection specimen as the cause of an acute abdomen in a 48-year-old heterosexual male patient [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Decreased disc height at T11-T12 level was detected in chest X-ray. [scielo.br]

Conjunctival disease due to P. carinii widens the spectrum of AIDS-associated ophthalmic pneumocystosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This atypical manifestation caused significant diagnostic confusion. Recognition that P carinii infection can cause calcification of hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes may prevent this confusion and facilitate diagnosis and treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Findings on chest roentgenograms included large thin-walled cavitarylike lesions, multiple cavitary lesions, or pneumothorax. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 28-year-old acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patient receiving prophylaxis with aerosolized pentamidine who presented with a solitary rectal ulcer is reported. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

AIDS-related extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii infection presenting as a solitary rectal ulcer. Can J Gastroenterol. 1996;10:401-4. [ Links ] 6. Coker RJ, Clark D, Claydon EL, et al. Disseminated Pneumocystis carinii infection in AIDS. [scielo.br]

We present a well-documented case of P. carinii involving the liver in an AIDS patient with P. carinii pneumonia and progressive liver enzyme abnormalities. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We report a case of P carinii infection presenting as bilateral aural polyps, otitis media and mastoiditis in human immunodeficiency (HIV)-positive patient with no history of prior or concomitant P carinii infection. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We report such an occurrence in a patient with persistent elevation of alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase with relatively normal transaminases who was found to have P. carinii on antemortem liver biopsy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]