[Pulmonary actinomycosis. Apropos of a case].
The authors report a case of pseudo-tumoral thoracic actinomycosis with lysis of a rib in a young man who was a heavy smoker and drinker. This observation is an opportunity to review the usual difficulties of diagnosis in patients with this rare disease occurring most often in a patient who is debilitated with important disease in the teeth and gingival margins. The standard treatment is penicillin G, which leads to a cure within one month.
Département des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital Ste-Marguerite, Marseille.
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D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
Actinomycose pulmonaire. A propos d'un cas.