title: [Actinomyces meyeri disseminated actinomycosis disclosing pulmonary carcinoma].
abstract: The diagnosis of severe actinomycosis parallel to that of neoplasia leads to speculation of a possible fortuitous association. Because underlying conditions such as immuno-suppression are suspected in such disease, and to strengthen this hypothesis, we report one more case of disseminated actinomycosis associated with a malignant disease, namely an epidermoid pulmonary carcinoma. The diagnosis was made by thoracotomy a few months after the infectious episode. Two years later the patient recovered. The analysis of the literature data is in favor of a fortuitous association between both diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Service de pathologie infectíeuse et tropicale, hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chaumentin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pariset
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stouls
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boibieux
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Reverdy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baulieux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spitalier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biron
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peyramond
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000150:complications*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Actinomycose disséminée à Actinomyces meyeri révélatrice d'un carcinome pulmonaire.