CTICasesPneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP)
Imaging findings
The patient, with HIV and a CD4 count of 4, demonstrated severe bilateral diffuse ground-glass opacities with architectural destruction. This was a confluent, subacute-to-chronic presentation of PCP.
Key takeaways
Pneumocystis pneumonia can present with severe, confluent ground-glass opacities and significant parenchymal destruction in profoundly immunocompromised patients.
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