[Interstitial lymphoid pneumonia and polyadenopathies in patients infected with the LAV/HTLV III virus]. / Pneumonie lymphoïde interstitielle et polyadénopathies chez des sujets infectés par le virus LAV/HTLV III.

Seven patients of Haitian and Central African origin were investigated for interstitial pneumonitis and unexplained chronic lymphadenopathy. A study of broncho-alveolar lavage fluid showed no opportunistic micro-organisms and disclosed a high alveolar lymphocyte count with more than 80% T8+ cells. In 3 patients, open lung biopsy showed lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis. Follicular hyperplasia was a constant finding in lymph nodes. Benign lymphocytic infiltration was found in other organs of all patients, associated with polyclonal hyperimmunoglobulinaemia, low peripheral T4+ cell count and LAV-Ig G antibodies.

[Results of abdominal x-ray computed tomography in 25 patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or the lymphadenopathy syndrome]. / Résultats de l'examen tomodensitométrique abdominal chez 25 sujets atteints de syndrome d'immuno-dépression acquise ou de syndrome lymphadénopathique.

An abdominal computed tomographic examination was performed to 20 patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and to 5 patients with Lymphadenopathy Syndrome (LAS). Intraabdominal lymph nodes were seen in 18 out of 20 cases of AIDS and in 5 cases of LAS. Lymph nodes have a normal size or are slightly enlarged but they are too numerous. Splenomegaly was found in 17 patients. Rectal modifications secondary to a proctitis were seen in the homosexual patients.