[Surgical pulmonary biopsies in patients with HIV infection: results apropos of a series of 21 cases]. / Biopsies pulmonaires chirurgicales chez les patients infectés par le VIH: résultats à propos d'une série de 21 cas.

This retrospective study reports the results of surgical lung biopsies in 21 patients infected by HIV. Diagnostic was assessed by surgical lung biopsies in 66% of cases with a 5% immediate post-operative mortality and a 80% survival rate after one month. Therapeutic management was modified in 38% of cases. These results are in concordance with previously published literature and emphasize that such a procedure should only be performed after other diagnostic procedures, including at least a bronchial endoscopy associated to a BAL and/or transbronchial biopsies.