A P Rochford BSc MRCP 1P R Smith MSc MRCP 2S J Khan MRCP 1A J G Pearson MB FRCP 1
1 Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, Herts EN5
3DJ 2 Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Child Health,
30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
Figure 1.CT of thorax showing prominent peripheral infiltrates in the anterior
segments of upper lobes and precarinal lymphadenopathy, an opacity at the
right apex and bilateral pleural effusions
Figure 2.Transbronchial lung biopsy (haematoxylin and eosin x 125) showing
(a) eosinophilic cellular infiltrate with necrosis and occasional
multinucleated giant cells (b) but no evidence of vasculitis