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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]; Associate Editors-in-Chief: Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS; Ammu Susheela, M.D. [3]

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CT scans of chest are an important part of the work-up of HIV patients presenting with pulmonary symptoms. CT scans may show similar findings observed on chest X-rays but carry the advantage of having greater sensitivity in the detection of early interstitial lung disease, lymphadenopathy, and pulmonary nodules.

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Chest CT

CT scans of chest are an important part of the work-up of HIV patients presenting with pulmonary symptoms. A chest CT scan should be obtained when chest X-rays are unclear or inconclusive. A CT scan is particularly useful in characterizing pulmonary nodules that may result from infections (bacterial or fungal pneumonia, mycobacterial disease) or malignancy (lymphoma, metastasis). CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy is used to make a definitive diagnosis.[1]

Coronal chest CT cut of an individual with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
Image courtesy of Dr Paresh K Desai , Radiopedia. (original file [1] Creative Commons BY-SA-NC

References

  1. Allen CM, Al-Jahdali HH, Irion KL, Al Ghanem S, Gouda A, Khan AN (2010). "Imaging lung manifestations of HIV/AIDS". Ann Thorac Med. 5 (4): 201–16. doi:10.4103/1817-1737.69106. PMC 2954374. PMID 20981180.

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