[Pleuropulmonary actinomycosis].
A previously healthy 42 years old male was admitted to hospital with chest pain. Chest radiograms revealed a solid mass in the left thoracic cavity. A lung biopsy showed findings consistent with probable actinomycosis. It was feared that the specimen was not representative and a left upper lobe lobectomy was performed. This confirmed the diagnosis of actinomycosis. The patient was postoperatively treated with penicillin and tetracycline and has remained well during a follow-up period of two years.
Dahl
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PE
Kirurgisk avdeling, Regionsykehuset i Tromsø.
Almdahl
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SM
Kearney
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D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Pleuropulmonal aktinomykose.