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Arch Intern Med. 2001;161:124.

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In adult patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis (LIP) is part of a diffuse CD8-infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome.¹ Lung biopsy is the criterion-standard to diagnose LIP.² Lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis is characterized by a histologic pattern of diffuse infiltration with predominantly small lymphocytes and plasma cells in the alveolar septa and along the lymphatic vessels. In a recent study, gene rearrangement analysis of alveolar lymphocytes by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) seemed to be sensitive enough for the diagnosis of B-cell pulmonary non-Hodgkin lymphoma in immunocompetent patients.³

Patients with HIV are at high risk for the development of non-Hodgkin lymphoma characterized by an unusual extranodal involvement.⁴ Therefore, molecular biology techniques may be helpful in diagnosing lymphoid pulmonary infiltrates in patients with HIV.

Report of Cases

Case 1

A 39-year-old, nonsmoking, Haitian, heterosexual man was known to be HIV-seropositive since 1989. Four years later, he developed a worsening dyspnea and cough. A chest radiograph and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Case 2

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