Document 0250
 DOCN  M95B0250
 TI    Pleural effusions in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.
       Correlation with concomitant pulmonary diseases.
 DT    9511
 AU    Armbruster C; Schalleschak J; Vetter N; Pokieser L; IInd Medical
       Department, Pulmologisches Zentrum Vienna, Austria.
 SO    Acta Cytol. 1995 Jul-Aug;39(4):698-700. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95358054
 AB    The objective of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of pleural
       effusions in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, to
       correlate these effusions with any concomitant pulmonary diseases and to
       evaluate the role of cytologic examination in the diagnosis of the
       effusions. Twenty-eight of 389 (7.2%) human immunodeficiency
       virus-infected patients had pleural effusions and 27 of the 28 were
       suffering from concomitant pulmonary diseases. Those diseases were
       bacterial pneumonia (9), mycobacterial infection (7), non-Hodgkin's
       lymphoma (4) and Kaposi's sarcoma (2). Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
       was diagnosed in two patients, and cytomegalovirus pneumonitis and
       pulmonary aspergillosis and small cell carcinoma in one patient each.
       Cytologic examination of pleural effusions provided conclusive diagnoses
       of mycobacterial infection in 2 of the 7 patients, of non-Hodgkin's
       lymphoma in 4 and of P carinii infection in 2.
 DE    Adult  Animal  AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*DIAGNOSIS
       Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/CYTOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY/
       VIROLOGY  Carcinoma, Small Cell/COMPLICATIONS  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/*COMPLICATIONS  Lung Diseases/*COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS  Lung
       Neoplasms/COMPLICATIONS  Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's/COMPLICATIONS  Male
       Middle Age  Pleura/CYTOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY/VIROLOGY  Pleural
       Effusion/*COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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