저자들은 고열 몇 호흡곤란을 호소하는 AIDS환자에서 흉부 X-선 사진상 정상소견을 정하였으나 기관지 내시경을 통한 기관지 폐포세척술과 폐조직 생검에서 pneumocystis carinii 포낭을 증명하고 조기 치료를 통하때 호전된 Pneumocystis carinii 폐렴 2예를 경험하여 이에 보고한다.
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia(PCP) remains the leading cause of death in patients with AIDS. Although the most common radiographic presentation of PCP is the development of diffuse, bilateral interstitial or alveolar infiltrates in 48 to 86 per cent of AIDS patients, PCP may also present with either a completely normal or only minimally abnormal chest radiograph in 6 to 23 per cent of patients. We experienced two patients with AIDS presenting high fever and chest pain but normal chest radiograph, who had been proved to have PCP by bronchoalveolar lavage and trans-bronchial lung biopsy.
