Cancer bronchique et actinomycose : un piège dangereux

Charif, Fida; Harb, A.; Alifano, Marco; Giraud, Frédérique; Rabbat, Antoine; Huchon, G.; Roche, N.

doi:10.1016/s0761-8425(09)73338-8

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“…Inadvertent use of antibiotics and nonspecific clinical presentations make pulmonary actinomycosis difficult to be diagnosed and often lead to misdiagnosis as malignancy rather than an infective disease [13]. Coexistence of lung cancer with pulmonary actinomycosis results in diagnostic challenge [14]. Reduction of alcohol abuse and improvement of dental hygiene may limit the occurrence of pulmonary actinomycosis [1] and require prolonged high-dose antimicrobial therapy with beta-lactam antibiotics for about 6–12 months [1].…”

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Massive Haemoptysis due to Obscure Aetiology: Perils and Management Dilemmas

Shreenivasa

Vishak

Sindhu

et al. 2018

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

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Pulmonary actinomycosis is an important differential diagnosis in patients with long-standing pulmonary infiltrates related to poor oral hygiene or compromised immune function. Up to a quarter of cases of thoracic actinomycosis are misdiagnosed as lung malignancy. Here, we report a 56-year-old man with a hypodense lesion in the left lower lobe presenting with recurrent massive haemoptysis for about one year. He underwent left lower lobe lobectomy due to intractable haemoptysis. Histopathological examination demonstrated actinomycosis infiltrating the left lower lobe. Rarity of the case was the presence of actinomycosis in an immunocompetent individual and without underlying preexisting lung disease. Also, intractable massive haemoptysis necessitating surgical excision which proved to be both diagnostic and curative due to actinomycosis is an unusual occurrence.

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