[Actinomyces meyeri disseminated actinomycosis disclosing pulmonary carcinoma].
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.
Chaumentin
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G
Service de pathologie infectíeuse et tropicale, hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon, France.
Pariset
C
C
Stouls
T
T
Boibieux
A
A
Reverdy
M E
ME
Baulieux
J
J
Spitalier
P
P
Biron
F
F
Peyramond
D
D
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000150:complications*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Actinomycose disséminée à Actinomyces meyeri révélatrice d'un carcinome pulmonaire.