Date: 26 November 2013
IPA in late stage AIDS, pt TB
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Notes:
Pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient who had AIDS for 3 years (CD4 count. <10/mm3). Right middle-lobe consolidation and a left upper-lobe cavity as seen in a previously normal lung; the diagnosis was made by culture of a bronchoalveolar lavage specimen and was confirmed at autopsy. (This image was published in (Khoo S, Denning DW. Aspergillus infection in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Clin Infect Dis 1994; 19 (suppl 1): S41-48.)
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4 Total obstruction of the sinuses due to inflamed mucosa. (Patient 04)
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1 Axial computed tomography (CT) scans of the frontal sinus.
A: due to the long lasting pressure of mucus, the bone of the anterior wall of frontal sinus is thinned out and elevated anteriorly, forming a bulge. B: same situation as depicted in fig A: the posterior bony wall of frontal sinus is thinned out and extremely elevated posteriorly towards the frontal lobe of the brain. As depicted on the scan, a thin bony layer covering the dura could be recognized intraoperatively
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2 Same patient as 1 and 3, frontal CT
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D. 6 months later, tenacious yellow secretions in L basal bronchial division
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C. After suction the material was seen to extend distally – obstructing the right basal stem bronchus
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B. After suction the material was seen to extend distally – obstructing the right basal stem bronchus
