Pulmonary actinomycosis masquerading as aspergilloma
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
;
: 147-149, 2017.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-630949
ABSTRACT
We report a case of a 34-year-old man who was initially treated as community acquired pneumonia following a three-month-history of productive cough, loss of weight and loss of appetite. However, three months after discharged from the hospital, he presented again with worsening respiratory symptoms and radiological evidence of a lung cavitation with intracavitary lesion resembling an aspergilloma associated with surrounding consolidation. Unfortunately, he remained symptomatic despite on antifungal therapy. The repeat computed-tomography demonstrated persistent cavitating lesion with development of necrotising pneumonia. He underwent lobectomy and the histopathological analysis of the resected specimen however revealed the diagnosis of actinomycosis. KEY WORDS Actinomycosis, Aspergillosis
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Main subject:
Actinomycosis
Language:
English
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The Medical Journal of Malaysia
Year:
2017
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