Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as lung cancer: a case report
Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare yet important and challenging diagnosis to make. It is commonly confused with other lung diseases, such as tuberculosis and bronchogenic carcinoma, leading to delay diagnosis or misdiagnosis. A 49-year-old man presented with a chronic cough, hemoptysis, and pleuriti...
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| author | Boo, Yang Liang How, Kang Nien Pereira, Decena Shamini Chin, Pek Woon Kan, Foong Kee Lim, Suat Yee |
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| description | Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare yet important and challenging diagnosis to make. It is commonly confused with other lung diseases, such as tuberculosis and bronchogenic carcinoma, leading to delay diagnosis or misdiagnosis. A 49-year-old man presented with a chronic cough, hemoptysis, and pleuritic chest pain. His initial imaging studies including computed tomography (CT) was suggestive of bronchogenic carcinoma. A subsequent CTguided biopsy was consistent with pulmonary actinomycosis and excluded the possibility of bronchogenic carcinoma. He was treated with antibiotic therapy and achieved remission with complete radiological resolution upon follow-up. |
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| spelling | upm-595692018-03-09T03:46:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59569/ Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as lung cancer: a case report Boo, Yang Liang How, Kang Nien Pereira, Decena Shamini Chin, Pek Woon Kan, Foong Kee Lim, Suat Yee Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare yet important and challenging diagnosis to make. It is commonly confused with other lung diseases, such as tuberculosis and bronchogenic carcinoma, leading to delay diagnosis or misdiagnosis. A 49-year-old man presented with a chronic cough, hemoptysis, and pleuritic chest pain. His initial imaging studies including computed tomography (CT) was suggestive of bronchogenic carcinoma. A subsequent CTguided biopsy was consistent with pulmonary actinomycosis and excluded the possibility of bronchogenic carcinoma. He was treated with antibiotic therapy and achieved remission with complete radiological resolution upon follow-up. Malaysia Medical Association 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59569/1/Pulmonary%20actinomycosis%20masquerading%20as%20lung%20cancer%20a%20case%20report.pdf Boo, Yang Liang and How, Kang Nien and Pereira, Decena Shamini and Chin, Pek Woon and Kan, Foong Kee and Lim, Suat Yee (2017) Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as lung cancer: a case report. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 72 (4). pp. 246-247. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/2017/v72n4/index.html |
| spellingShingle | Boo, Yang Liang How, Kang Nien Pereira, Decena Shamini Chin, Pek Woon Kan, Foong Kee Lim, Suat Yee Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as lung cancer: a case report |
| title | Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as lung cancer: a case report |
| title_full | Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as lung cancer: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as lung cancer: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as lung cancer: a case report |
| title_short | Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as lung cancer: a case report |
| title_sort | pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as lung cancer: a case report |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59569/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59569/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59569/1/Pulmonary%20actinomycosis%20masquerading%20as%20lung%20cancer%20a%20case%20report.pdf |