title: Unexpected positron emission tomography-positive actinomyces-related mass of the bronchial stump.
abstract: Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare disease frequently misdiagnosed, even by experienced clinicians, as primary or metastatic lung cancer or as other more conventional lung infections. It is often an unexpected disease that is basically detected only on cytological⁄histological examination. A case involving a patient who presented with a mass in the bronchial stump (of a previous pulmonary lobectomy) is described. Despite a strong suspicion of recurrent lung cancer, positron emission tomography confirmed a diagnosis of a suture-related bronchial actinomycosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Disease, St Maria Bianca Hospital, Mirandola, Italy. alessandreani@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andreani
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: Gaia Francesca
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Cappiello
mesh_terms: D000190:Actinomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001980:Bronchi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D013537:Sutures / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010406:Penicillins