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12325341

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
A 71-year-old man was referred to our hospital complaining of cough. Chest radiography revealed a mass opacity in the right upper lung field. A transbronchial biopsy specimen revealed non-specific inflammatory changes. Percutaneous lung aspiration biopsy under ultrasound guidance demonstrated gram-positive rods, suggesting actinomyces. On the diagnosis of pulmonary actinomycosis, the patient was treated with penicillin-G and his symptoms were relieved. In a three-month follow-up, the mass shadow in the right upper lung field was found to have increased in size. Squamous cell lung cancer was diagnosed on the basis of repeated transbronchial tumor biopsies, and right upper lobectomy was performed. Most cases of pulmonary actinomycosis have been diagnosed from post-surgical tumor specimens taken on suspicion of the presence of lung cancer. However, the lung cancer in this case was difficult to diagnose because the lung cancer was co-existent with pulmonary actinomycosis.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1343-3490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
525-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma coexisting with pulmonary actinomycosis].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports