期刊名称:Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN:1232-1966
电子版ISSN:1898-2263
出版年度:2018
卷号:25
期号:2
页码:1-2
DOI:10.26444/aaem/75652
出版社:Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要:Pulmonary localisation represents only 15% of all cases of actinomycosis. The clinical symptoms and radiological changes
of this disease are non-specific and sometimes it can be misdiagnosed, usually as tuberculosis, lung cancer or lung abscess.
In the reported case, what might look like the lung cancer, finally turned out to be actinomycosis. The interesting case is
presented of lung actinomycosis in a 77-year-old farmer, admitted to the Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and
Allegology in Lublin due to a massive haemoptysis. CT scan of the chest showed, apart from other changes, the spicular
consolidation in the right lung which aroused oncology vigilance. The diagnostic path, which was a real medical challenge,
led to the diagnosis of actinomycosis. The process of diagnosis and consequent treatment, which led to the complete
regression of clinical and radiological changes, is presented.