title: Pulmonary actinomycosis associated with endobronchial vegetable foreign body.
abstract: A 51-year-old woman visited our hospital with massive hemoptysis. She had suffered from recurrent hemoptysis for five years and had undergone bronchial artery embolization many times. The patient had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis and bronchiectasis. Chest radiography showed consolidation around the nodule in the lateral basal segment of the right lower lobe. We successfully performed a right lower lobectomy. The histological study of the resected specimen showed a vegetable foreign body and clumps of Actinomyces, indicating actinomycosis, which was suggested to be the cause of the hemoptysis. This was a very rare case of hemoptysis caused by a vegetable foreign body and actinomycosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Jong Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Jang Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Myeong Su
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Jung Cheul
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Actinomycosis; Foreign body; Lung infection; Lung surgery