title: [Pulmonary actinomycosis which was clinically suggested lung cancer; report of a case].
abstract: A 57-year-old man had been observed a mass-like shadow on a chest radiograph. One year later, chest computed tomography (CT) revealed the enlargement of the shadow. Positive finding of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) suspected lung cancer, and lingular segmentectomy was performed. The pathological diagnosis was pulmonary actinomycosis. It is necessary to consider pulmonary actinomycosis is a differential diagnosis of lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Ise, Japan.
authors.forename: Shuhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kogure
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Uhito
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yuasa
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokui
authors.forename: Sekira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shomura
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged