DetectionofCTfeaturesofinterstitialpneumoniainAIDSpatientsandsignsfordifferentialdiagnosis / 实用放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective TodetecttheCTfindingsofinterstitialpneumoniainacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome (AIDS)patients andtoanalyzedifferentialdiagnosisofdifferenttypesofinterstitialpneumonia.Methods Atotalof168 AIDSpatientswithinterstitial pneumoniabetweenOctober2016andJune2018 wereretrospectivelystudied.PulmonaryCTfindingsweredescribed.Results Among 168cases,44caseswerediagnosedaspneumocystiscariniipneumonia (PCP),40casesascytomegalovirus(CMV)pneumonia,and 84casesasPCPaccompaniedwithCMVpneumonia.Statisticallysignificantdifferenceswerefoundamong3groupsonsignsofpure groundglassopacity,accompaniedwithdistortedfibrousstripes,andaccompaniedwithconsolidationandmultiplecysts(P＜0.05). PuregroundglassopacitiesweremorelikelytobeseeninPCPpatients,whiledistortedfibrousstripeswerelesslikely,comparedto theothertwogroups.Militarynodules,consolidationandmultiplecystspresentedlessinpatientswithPCPcomparedtopatientswith PCPaccompaniedwithCMVpneumonia.ForPCPpatients,lesionsweremorelikelytobetotallyabsorbedaftertreatment,whilefor patientswithCMVpneumoniaandPCPaccompaniedwithCMVpneumonia,fibrousstripesandemphysema/airsacsweremorelikelyto present.Conclusion CTfindingsofinterstitialpneumoniavaryinAIDSpatients,however,signsofdistortedfibrousstripes,multiple cysts,remainingfibrousstripesandemphysema/airsacsaftertreatmentsuggestco-infectionofCMV.