Pneumocystis cariniiPneumonia Presenting as Localized Nodular Densities

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SINCE roentgenographic examination of the chest is an initial form of evaluation of the dyspneic patient, an appreciation of the spectrum of roentgenographic findings that suggest the diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia will facilitate the diagnostic process. The chest roentgenogram findings beyond the "characteristic" picture, which is so often stressed, have been reviewed.1 The patient described below initially had two discrete nodules that proved to be localized accumulations of pneumocystis organisms.Case ReportIn this 28-year-old man chronic renal failure secondary to membranous glomerulonephritis developed, and bilateral nephrectomy, splenectomy, and cadaver-kidney transplantation were performed on May 25, 1973. His medications . . .

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