Primary Pulmonary Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignancy

dc.contributor.authorMutlu, Pinar
dc.contributor.authorMirici, Nihal Arzu
dc.contributor.authorGuven, Merve Ilcin
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:19:59Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:19:59Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe diagnosis of primary pulmonary actinomycosis (PPA) is still an important challenge in clinical practice due to its clinical and radiographic similarity with other infections and malignant diseases. Currently, the diagnosis can be only made histopathologically. A 67-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic with the complaints of cough and hemoptysis for the past two months. His physical examination was non-specific. An increased non-homogeneous density was observed in the middle zone of the left hemithorax on chest X-ray. Thoracic computed tomography revealed a hypodense mass. Positron emission tomography revealed a hypermetabolic activity in the malignant mass. The patient was diagnosed with pulmonary actinomycosis through transthoracic fine needle aspiration biopsy. In conclusion, PPA should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with malignancy in the presence of predisposing risk factors.
dc.identifier.doi10.4274/haseki.43153
dc.identifier.endpage77
dc.identifier.issn1302-0072
dc.identifier.issn2147-2688
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85044968530
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage74
dc.identifier.trdizinid296942
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4274/haseki.43153
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/296942
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/28791
dc.identifier.volume56
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000429810800013
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGalenos Yayincilik
dc.relation.ispartofHaseki Tip Bulteni-Medical Bulletin of Haseki
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectActinomycosis
dc.subjectpulmonary
dc.subjectmalignancy
dc.titlePrimary Pulmonary Actinomycosis Mimicking Malignancy
dc.title.alternativeMaligniteyi taklit eden primer pulmoner aktinomikoz olgusu
dc.typeArticle

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