Primary endobronchial actinomycosis.
A male farmer referred for fever, cough and haemoptysis, presented, at bronchoscopic examination, a large mass occluding the middle lobe bronchus. No lung involvement was visible on chest X-ray. Histological examination showed an actinomycotic granule in the bronchial submucosa. The histological findings indicate that aspiration of contaminated material from the upper alimentary tract may have caused the disease.
Miracco
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C
Institute of Pathological Anatomy and Histology, University of Siena, Italy.
Marino
M
M
Lio
R
R
Cornetti
M
M
Luzi
P
P
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000473:pathology*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged