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Pulmonary Actinomycosis Mimicking Pulmonary Aspergilloma and a Brief Review of the Literature

Journal

INTERNAL MEDICINE
Volume 56, Issue 4, Pages 449-453

Publisher

JAPAN SOC INTERNAL MEDICINE
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7620

Keywords

pulmonary actinomycosis; fungus ball-like lesion; aspergilloma; Aspergillus antigen test; polymerase chain reaction

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  1. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16K09936] Funding Source: KAKEN

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Pulmonary actinomycosis is a rare pulmonary infection that often exhibits unspecific symptoms and radiological findings. We herein report a case of pulmonary actinomycosis that mimicked pulmonary aspergilloma in an immunocompetent patient.

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