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Pulmonary Actinomycosis Masquerading as Malignancy
Sugeesha Wickramasinghe1, John Timerick2, Irshad Fahd1
1Department of Respiratory Medicine Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Preston UK.
Abstract:
An 81-year-old ex-smoker with chronic cough and weight loss had imaging showing right upper-lobe nodules, tree-in-bud changes and bronchial obstruction. Bronchoscopy revealed a right upper lobe bronchus polypoidal mass with histological evidence of actinomycosis. This case highlights actinomycosis mimicking malignancy and the need to exclude wider differentials and cancer mimics.
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