Immune-reconstitution syndrome related to atypical mycobacterial infection in AIDS

J Thorac Imaging. 2008 Aug;23(3):182-7. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181653c25.

Abstract

The immune-reconstitution syndrome is a paradoxical inflammatory response to a preexisting or a coexisting disease, after the initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy for the human immunodeficiency virus. Infrequently described, the radiographic and computed tomographic findings of the immune-reconstitution syndrome, which is related to the Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection and to highly active antiretroviral therapy, are presented in 2 patients. Homogeneous mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy were present in both individuals, with one having a large mass accompanied by small nodules.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / complications*
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / complications*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed