title: [Pulmonary actinomycosis as a complication of foreign body aspiration].
abstract: This first polish paper presents respiratory actinomycosis as a complication caused by aspiration of a foreign body. Aspiration of a citrus fruit stone occurred as a result of esophagus stenosis and dysphagia caused by a mistake made by a blind person of drinking a caustic substance. Clinical and bronchoscopic features suggested bronchogenic carcinoma but it's not confirmed by two histopathologic examinations of section from pathological bronchial changes. Diagnosis was based on the morphological picture of sections taken during third fibreoptic bronchoscopy and on cytological sputum examination. Removing the aspired foreign body from bronchus and prolonged penicillin treatment resulted in clinical and radiological amelioration.
authors.affiliation: I Klinika Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Tadeusz M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Zielonka
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Langfort
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polubiec-Kownacka
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuś
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D002424:Caustics / Q000009:adverse effects; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D002424:Caustics