title: Pulmonary Actinomycosis Mimicking Pulmonary Aspergilloma and a Brief Review of the Literature.
abstract: Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare pulmonary infection that often exhibits unspecific symptoms and radiological findings. We herein report a case of pulmonary actinomycosis that mimicked pulmonary aspergilloma in an immunocompetent patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Diseases, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higashi
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ashizawa
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: Akitaka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Taiga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Izumikawa
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mukae
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D055732:Pulmonary Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed