An Incarcerated Individual With Weight Loss and Interstitial Pulmonary Infiltrates

Nilesh Kapoor; Christina Dietz; Benjamin P Buettner

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.24260

An Incarcerated Individual With Weight Loss and Interstitial Pulmonary Infiltrates

JAMA. 2024 Feb 13;331(6):522-523. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.24260.

Authors

Nilesh Kapoor¹, Christina Dietz², Benjamin P Buettner²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
² Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus.

PMID: 38190148
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24260

No abstract available

Plain language summary

A man with HIV had syncopal episodes and hypoxemia after recent exposure to SARS-CoV-2; computed tomography revealed diffuse bilateral pulmonary micronodular opacities, a 2.2-cm nodule in the lingula, and mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases, Interstitial* / diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases, Interstitial* / etiology
Prisoners*
Respiration Disorders / etiology
Weight Loss*