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Cavitary lung masses in SLE patients: an unusual manifestation of CMV infection

Dept of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA

CORRESPONDENCE: R. Cohen, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 270-05 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA. Fax: 1 7188311507. E-mail: rcohen@lij.edu

Keywords: Cavitary, cytomegalovirus, lupus

Received: October 8, 2003
Accepted February 2, 2004

Abstract

The typical radiographical findings of cytomegalovirus pneumonitis are bilateral interstitial infiltrates.

In this study, the current authors describe two patients on corticosteroid treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus, complicated by histologically confirmed cytomegalovirus pneumonitis, presenting as cavitary masses.

This rare presentation of cytomegalovirus pneumonitis broadens the differential diagnosis of cavitary lesions to include cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompromised individuals.

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