Endobronchial actinomycosis simulating endobronchial tuberculosis: a case report
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Endobronchial actinomycosis simulating endobronchial tuberculosis: a case report.
We report a case of a 70-year-old woman who presented with mild exertional dyspnea and cough. Fiberoptic bronchoscopic findings revealed an endobronchial polypoid lesion with stenotic bronchus. The lesion was very similar to endobronchial tuberculosis. Histologic examination of the biopsy specimen demonstrated Actinomyces infection. There was a clinical response to intravenous penicillin therap...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Medical Science
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1011-8934,1598-6357
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.1999.14.3.315