Thoracic Complications of AIDS: Imaging Findings and Diagnostic Strategies
Abstract Despite encouraging recent treatment advances, HIV and AIDS-related pulmonary complications will continue to present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Streamlined, cost-effective management of these patients is increasingly important in the current medical economic environment. This a...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine 1998-09, Vol.19 (5), p.543-560 |
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Despite encouraging recent treatment advances, HIV and AIDS-related pulmonary complications will continue to present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Streamlined, cost-effective management of these patients is increasingly important in the current medical economic environment. This article presents an approach to the diagnosis of AIDS-related pulmonary disease, emphasizing optimal integration of imaging modalities into specific, practical, cost-effective pathways. The imaging findings of common diseases, both infectious and noninfectious, are summarized. The importance of clinical and demographic information to accurate radiographic interpretation and diagnostic evaluation is emphasized. |
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ISSN: | 1069-3424 1098-9048 |
DOI: | 10.1055/s-2007-1009429 |