Pulmonary Actinomycosis Associated with Endobronchial Vegetable Foreign Body
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
; : 566-568, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
A 51-year-old woman visited our hospital with massive hemoptysis. She had suffered from recurrent hemoptysis for five years and had undergone bronchial artery embolization many times. The patient had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchiectasis. Chest radiography showed consolidation around the nodule in the lateral basal segment of the right lower lobe. We successfully performed a right lower lobectomy. The histological study of the resected specimen showed a vegetable foreign body and clumps of Actinomyces, indicating actinomycosis, which was suggested to be the cause of the hemoptysis. This was a very rare case of hemoptysis caused by a vegetable foreign body and actinomycosis.
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Main subject:
Thorax
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Vegetables
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Actinomyces
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Bronchial Arteries
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Bronchiectasis
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Actinomycosis
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Radiography
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Foreign Bodies
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Hemoptysis
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2014
Type:
Article