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Case Reports
. 1996 Feb;51(2):221-2.
doi: 10.1136/thx.51.2.221.

Pulmonary actinomycosis appearing as a "ball-in-hole" on chest radiography and bronchoscopy

M J Hsieh  1 , W B Shieh, K S Chen, T J Yu, H P Kuo, Y H Tsai
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Case Reports

Pulmonary actinomycosis appearing as a "ball-in-hole" on chest radiography and bronchoscopy

M J Hsieh et al. Thorax. 1996 Feb.

Abstract

A 40 year old diabetic man with pulmonary actinomycosis was admitted to hospital with recurrent haemoptysis. The chest radiograph showed an air meniscus in the left upper lobe, a rare presentation of pulmonary actinomycosis. Bronchoscopic examination revealed a mass in a cavity which has never been reported previously. He underwent lobectomy and the surgical specimen revealed sulphur granules, the typical pathological finding of actinomycosis, without evidence of fungal or mycobacterial infection.

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