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Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche 2011 April;170(2):153-6

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language: English

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia with concomitant false positive HIV test in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma with autoimmune phenomena

Bassi E., Miranda L. C., Taniguchi L. U.

Department of Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil

Here we describe a case of a 55-year old man who presented with 2-month history of weight loss, fever and generalized lymphadenopathy and developed severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia. Although concomitant HIV ELISA test was positive, the final diagnosis was unusual angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma with autoimmune phenomena.