title: Primary endobronchial actinomycosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathological Anatomy and Histology, University of Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miracco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cornetti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Luzi
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000473:pathology*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged