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Query: EC:3.4.16.2 (
PCP
)
3,761
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Pneumomediastinum is a rare, potentially life-threatening complication of
PCP
that occurs in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients. We are presenting a rare case pneumomediastinum caused by
pneumocystis Jirovecii
pneumonia in a HIV-negative patient with history of diffuse
B-cell lymphoma
on R CHOP chemotherapy. What is unique about our case is that the patient developed pneumomediastinum while in the hospital, on atovaquone that improved when switched to clindamycin and primaquine with improvement in her respiratory status. Another interesting point is that diagnosis was entertained due to the characteristic CT scan finding of ground glass opacities with cystic lung lesions and pneumomediastinum in an immunocompromised patient who was started on empirical treatment for
PCP
. The diagnosis was eventually confirmed with
PCP
PCR.
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PMID:
Pneumocystis Jirovecii (carinii)
pneumonia causing lung cystic lesions and pneumomediastinum in non-HIV infected patient. 3018 57
