Affiliation:
1. College of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, 8th Medical Centre Chinese PLA General Hospital Beijing People's Republic of China
Abstract
Key messageDisseminated VZV infections is rare in healthy adults. Several studies have reported VZV reactivation and eruption happens in an immunocompromised host especially after solid organ transplantation. Nonetheless, diffuse bilateral lung VZV infections is also rare. We report a case of disseminated VZV pneumonia after renal transplantation and methylprednisolone treatment. This report highlights the computed tomography manifestations of disseminated VZV pneumonia.
Subject
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine