Figure 1. Chest non-contrast CT scan demonstrating ground-glass opacities (red arrow) and multiple cavitary components (yellow arrows) in the right lung consistent with pneumonia.

During one of her many hospital admissions after being diagnosed with AIDS, the patient was found to have pneumonia. Her imaging, which demonstrates ground-glass opacities (red arrow) and cavitary components (yellow arrows), can be seen above. The diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis was also confirmed on laboratory testing. Pneumonia is common in people with severely suppressed immune systems due to the body's inability to fight off lung infections. This illness was only one of the many sequelae this patient faced as a result of barriers to continuous HIV treatment. 

CT: computed tomography; AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus