Crazy-Paving Pattern Due to Herpetic Pneumonia in a Patient with Mycosis Fungoides: A Case Report

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1 Department of Pulmonology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran,

3 Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Herpetic pneumonia in immune deficient patients could be fatal if not treated. Considering the low prevalence of this disease, computed tomography (CT) scan findings of this condition are not well elucidated. This report describes the CT scan findings of a patient with immune system deficiency due to mycosis fungoides, and pneumonia caused by herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1). Bilateral alveolar infiltration with crazy-paving pattern was observed on CT scan of the lungs. The scattered crazy-paving pattern noted in the CT scan of the lungs could be suggestive of herpetic pneumonia in immunocompromised patients presenting with lung infections.

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TANAFFOS (Respiration)
Volume 16, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
December 2017
Pages 309-312

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