ULTRASONOGRAPHY OF EXTRAPULMONARY NOCARDIOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

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  • Pannee VISRUTARATNA Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
  • Suwalee POJCHAMARNWIPUTH Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University

Abstract

We report ultrasonographic findings of three patients with human immuno- deficiency virus (HIV) and extrapulmonary nocardial abscesses. The first patient had a hypoechoic mass anterior to the thyroid gland. The second had a hypoechoic mass in the right liver lobe. The third patient had two hypoechoic masses in the liver (one in the right liver lobe, the other one in the left liver lobe) and a hypoechoic mass in the lower pole of left kidney. The chest radiographs of the first two patients with pulmonary nocardiosis showed patchy infiltrates with cavities. The combination of ultrasonographic findings of hypoechoic mass in various organs and chest radiographs of patchy infiltrates with cavities in patients with HIV suggests nocardiosis.

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2023-04-07

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VISRUTARATNA P, POJCHAMARNWIPUTH S. ULTRASONOGRAPHY OF EXTRAPULMONARY NOCARDIOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2023 Apr. 7 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];3(3):243-8. Available from: https://asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/394

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (1997): Saptember-December

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