Actinomycotic lung abscess with review of literature

A case of lung abscess due to a rare cause -Actinomycosis is presented. The patient presented with signs and symptoms of pneumonia and failed to respond to antibiotic therapy. CT findings and various modes of treatment are described. CT guided FNAC helped in the final diagnosis where the aspirated material showed several eosinophilic cotton wool colonies of filamentous microorganism consistent with actinomycosis. Due to the thick walled abscess and surrounding unresolved pneumonia the patient was treated with intercostals tube drainage

Pseudoaneurysm of distal external iliac artery with iliopsoas hematoma rare complication of intravenous drug abuse

Intravenous drug abusers are prone to many complications, one of which is development of pseudoaneurysm at the injection site. We report an unusual case of an intravenous drug abuser who developed a pseudoaneurysm of the external iliac artery with hematoma dissecting into the iliopsoas muscle and discuss the role of doppler and CT in the diagnosis